Ancient Persia in Western History

Hellenism and the Representation of the Achaemenid Empire

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Sasan Samiei

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Ancient Persia in Western History is a measured rejoinder to the dominant narrative that considers the Graeco-Persian Wars to be merely the first round of an oft-repeated battle between the despotic 'East' and the broadly enlightened 'West'. Sasan Samiei analyses the historiography which has skewed our understanding of this crucial era - contrasting the work of Edward Gibbon and Goethe, which venerated Classicism and Hellenistic history, with later writers such as John Linton Myres. Finally, Samiei explores the cross-cultural encounters which constituted the Achaemenid period itself, and repositions it as essential to the history of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-05-20
Mått140 x 216 x 24 mm
Vikt390 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor334
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350197763

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AcknowledgementsPrefaceChapter 1 – IntroductionI - Methodology, Contexts and TerminologyII - StructureChapter 2 - Setting the Scene: Anthropology, Linguistics and Romantic Hellenism in Victorian BritainI - The New Sciences of Anthropology and Language: A Historical AnalysisII - The Context: Victorian (Germanic) HellenismIII - ‘Helleno-Aryanism’: A Late-Nineteenth Century PhenomenonIV - ConclusionsChapter 3 - The ‘Race-Culture’ Debate: 1900s–1930sI - Institutional and Historical BackgroundsII - Differentiating between ‘Race’ and ‘Culture’: A Critical Response to the Concept of the ‘Aryan Race’III - The Rationalization of ‘Race’ and ‘Culture’IV - Synthesizing ‘Race’ and ‘Culture’: ‘Neither Race Purely nor Culture Merely’V - ‘Race’ and ‘Culture’: An Analytical OverviewVI - ConclusionsChapter 4 - The ‘Diffusionism v. Evolutionism’ Theoretical Debate, Gordon Childe and the Prehistory of Europe I - Configuration of Cultures: A Historical BackgroundII – A Bibliographical Surveya) The First Two Editions of The Dawn of the European Prehistory: A Comparative Analysisb) The Aryans: A Study of Indo-European OriginIII – AnalysisIV- ConclusionsChapter 5 - Hellenisms Reassessed (1890s-1940s): Part II - Mainstream Hellenism: 1890s-1940sII - The Works of John Linton Myres: Going Against the Grain?a) The Early Years: 1900s-1910sb) The Formative Years: 1920-1930c) The Mature Years: 1930sIII - AnalysisIV - How to Proceed in Part IIChapter 6 - Hellenisms Reassessed (1890s–1940s): Part III - Myres and HistoryII - Myres and ScienceIII - Aesthetic Hellenism: A Philosophical Treatment IV- Myres’ Overarching Intellectual Template: An Analytical AuditV - ConclusionsChapter 7 - Hellenisms and the Historiography of Ancient PersiaI - Achaemenid Persia: A Historiographical Surveya) Doublethink Downplayedb) Doublethink in a State of Irresolutionc) Doublethink Moving Towards Resolutiond) No DoublethinkII - Analysisa) Spatial Termsb) Political TermsIII - ConclusionsChapter 8 - Concluding RemarksPostscriptGlossaryBibliography