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Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity
01 Jan 1997-
TL;DR: The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnicity and genealogy: an Argolic case-study as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: 1. Phrasing the problem 2. The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study 5. Ethnicity and archaeology 6. Ethnicity and linguistics 7. Conclusion.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the use of race as a paradigm in Pauline scholarship re-inscribes this highly problematic concept, including its overtones of anti-Judaism.
Abstract: In the debates about Christian identity recent approaches in attempting to overcome spiritual/flesh dichotomies have argued for the usefulness of ethnic and racial paradigms in analyses of Pauline letters. Whilst sympathetic to such intentions this article challenges the hermeneutical presuppositions on which the use of the concept of race and ethno-racial terminology is built and demonstrates the anachronism in the use of racial concepts for antiquity and in the Pauline letters in particular. Rather than being a contribution to the overcoming of racism, the use of race as a paradigm in Pauline scholarship re-inscribes this highly problematic concept, including its overtones of anti-Judaism.
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01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that Herodotus purposefully highlights certain aspects that are shared by certain Greek and non-Greek peoples in order to provide a commentary on his own times.
Abstract: In my thesis, I discuss how Herodotus characterizes the similarities and differences between Greek and non-Greek identity. Herodotus provides his readers with a plethora of details about both Greek and non-Greek peoples in his Histories, which has offered scholars plenty of material to use in this topic. I argue that Herodotus purposefully highlights certain aspects that are shared by certain Greek and non-Greek peoples in order to provide a commentary on his own times. The first chapter focuses on the characters Phanes and Artemisia and how uses the same vocabulary to describes these two individuals, despite one being a Carian and the other a Greek. The second chapter focuses on the similarities between the Athenians, Ethiopians, Massagetae, and the Scythians and how Herodotus ties these failed invasion narratives together. I conclude that these invasion narratives are exempla to the Athenians and the givers of advice, such as Artemisia and Artabanus, are representations of Herodotus himself as warning Athens.
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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: In this paper, a clear example of the ideological power which characterizes the identity definitions and the ethnic building process is presented. But the building of ethnicity is not a simply task, as can be seen in the case of Mount Lykaion in Arcadia.
Abstract: Identity is a necessary way of auto-definition in the process of building any human group. Some societies (not many) with strong political forces need to develop their identity process and to build the most powerful ethnic feelings. The building of ethnicity is not a simply task, as can be seen in the case of Mount Lykaion, in Arcadia. This is a clear example of the ideological power which characterizes the identity definitions and the ethnic building process.
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TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood.
Abstract: Outline of a Theory of Practice is recognized as a major theoretical text on the foundations of anthropology and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu, a distinguished French anthropologist, develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood. With his central concept of the habitus, the principle which negotiates between objective structures and practices, Bourdieu is able to transcend the dichotomies which have shaped theoretical thinking about the social world. The author draws on his fieldwork in Kabylia (Algeria) to illustrate his theoretical propositions. With detailed study of matrimonial strategies and the role of rite and myth, he analyses the dialectical process of the 'incorporation of structures' and the objectification of habitus, whereby social formations tend to reproduce themselves. A rigorous consistent materialist approach lays the foundations for a theory of symbolic capital and, through analysis of the different modes of domination, a theory of symbolic power.
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TL;DR: Sian Jones as mentioned in this paper argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation, and presents a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences.
Abstract: The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. Indigenous and nationalist claims to territory, often rely on reconstructions of the past based on the traditional identification of 'cultures' from archaeological remains. Sian Jones responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archaeological record, with a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences. In doing so, she argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation.
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