Der Imaginierte Nomade

English description: When a pre-modern author writes about nomads, his writing is immediately suspected of being soaked with literary formulae. This suspicion, which is no doubt justified, is for the historian linked to the question: what kind of reality can be seen behind, or better: through such formulae. This is the guiding question behind the contributions of this volume, which, on the basis of case studies, seeks to analyse the various "images of nomads" in their respective...
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English description: When a pre-modern author writes about nomads, his writing is immediately suspected of being soaked with literary formulae. This suspicion, which is no doubt justified, is for the historian linked to the question: what kind of reality can be seen behind, or better: through such formulae. This is the guiding question behind the contributions of this volume, which, on the basis of case studies, seeks to analyse the various "images of nomads" in their respective historical and discursive contexts. German description: Schreibt ein vormoderner Autor uber Nomaden, drangt sich rasch der Verdacht auf, seine Arbeit sei von literarischen Formeln getrankt. Dieses fraglos begrundete Verdachtsmoment verbindet sich fur den Historiker aber notwendig mit der Frage, welche Wirklichkeit hinter den Formeln, oder vielleicht eher: durch sie hindurch noch zu erblicken ist. Diese Leitfrage steht hinter den Beitragen dieses Bandes, die anhand von Fallbeispielen die verschiedenen Funktionen von "Nomadenbildern" in ihren jeweiligen historischen und diskursiven Kontexten untersuchen.