Globalized Antiquity Uses and Perceptions of the Past in South Asia, Mesoamerica, and Europe |
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| Editor:
| Schueren, Ute
Spaet, Thomas |
| Author:
| Segesser, Daniel Marc
Baumbach, Manuel
Gabbert, Wolfgang
Jansen, Maarten Ergn
Malik, Jamal
Jimenez, Gabina Aurora Perez
Rebenich, Stefan
Rosel, Jakob
Sabloff, Jeremy A.
Schnapp, Alain
Six, Clemens
Thapar, Romila |
| ISBN: | 978-3-496-01600-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Dietrich Reimer
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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Inspired by post-colonial critics of the dominant Western canons in the fields of historiography, philology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology, this book explores the meanings and uses of "antiquity" in three cultural areas and compares the genealogies of the representations of their remote past. It discusses the entanglement of European conceptions of antiquity and its Mesoamerican and South-Asian appropriations and transformations. By diachronically exploring the functions of...
More DescriptionInspired by post-colonial critics of the dominant Western canons in the fields of historiography, philology, cultural anthropology, and archaeology, this book explores the meanings and uses of "antiquity" in three cultural areas and compares the genealogies of the representations of their remote past. It discusses the entanglement of European conceptions of antiquity and its Mesoamerican and South-Asian appropriations and transformations. By diachronically exploring the functions of "antiquity", the book provides cultural anthropology and post-colonial studies with historical foundations and implements the postulate of the local gaze at global phenomena for world history and globalization research.