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Barbarism and its discontents /
Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which "civilization" fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others "barbarians." Sin...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Cultural memory in the present.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Piecework; 2. Thinking Barbarism Today; 3. It's All Greek to Me: The Barbarian in History; 4. A Positive Barbarism?; 5. Barbarism in Repetition: Literature's Waiting For The Barbarians; 6. Another "Kind of Solution" : Art's Waiting For The Barbarians; 7. New Barbarians; Afterword; Notes; References; Index.