Fabrications of the Greek past : religion, tradition, and modern identities /

Fabrications of the Greek past : religion, tradition, and modern identities /

Taking seriously critiques of historiography produced in recent decades, Vaia Touna advocates for an alternative approach to the way the past is studied. From Euripides' tragedy Hippolytus , to the notion of voluntary associations in the Greco-Roman world, to the authenticity of traditional vil...

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Main Author: Touna, Vaia.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Series: Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 9.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004328082.

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Greece > Religion > Historiography.

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Call Number: BL783

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: A Complicated Affair
  • Gloria Patri: The Construction of the Modern Self
  • Matters of Classification: The Case of "Mysteries"
  • Representations of the Ruined Past: Making Self and Other
  • Traditioning Acts of Identification: The Case of Greek "Traditional" Villages
  • Epilogue: The Ever-Present Past
  • References
  • Index.