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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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01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: The authors examines relations between Greeks and non-Greeks in the eastern Mediterranean in three case studies, including a Geometric clay pyxis from Athens compared to an older Egyptian granary, to consider how shapes, images and beliefs might travel across time and place.
Abstract: This essay examines relations between Greeks and non-Greeks in the eastern Mediterranean in three case studies. A Geometric clay pyxis from Athens is compared to an older Egyptian granary, to consider how shapes, images, and beliefs might travel across time and place. In the second case, a famous image of Artemis from Ephesus is traced to Anatolian traditions of the second millennium. Finally, the role of myth, or the narrative behind such images, is examined in the figure of Midas, whose asses’ ears could harbor royal Anatolian attributes. Details of these connections are explored elsewhere; this essay asks how and why we pursue them in classical art and myth, and what the results accomplish for our purposes as teachers and scholars of classical antiquity.
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02 Dec 2005
TL;DR: The authors examined antroponimos, epitetos, and habitos atribuidos aos troianos, aqueus, argivos e dânaos in Iliada.
Abstract: Este artigo examina os antroponimos, os epitetos e os habitos atribuidos aos troianos, aqueus, argivos e dânaos na Iliada . A maioria dos antroponimos derivados de toponimos e de etnicos sao atribuidos a personagens que pertencem ao lado onde esta situado o lugar ou o povo do qual deriva seu nome. Em outras palavras, cada lado esta associado a uma area geografica diferente. Alem disso, os antroponimos que carecem de etimologia grega e parecem estar relacionados com uma lingua anatolia sao usados para troianos e para seus aliados, mas raramente para os aqueus, argivos e dânaos. Ambos os fatos sugerem que a Iliada apresenta os gregos com um sentido de identidade comum, embora a designacao Hellenes no sentido de 'gregos' esteja ausente da Iliada. O elevado numero de antroponimos derivados de toponimos, de etnicos e de acidentes geograficos da Troade sugere que o autor da Iliada estava familiarizado com a geografia da Troade.
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11 Oct 2019
TL;DR: The authors analyzes the background to this circumstance by specifically addressing the engagement between these global cultures on a Mediterranean-wide scale during the period of their overseas foundations, showing that common sets of practices and shared bodies of knowledge reveal a deep complexity of intercultural contact during the Iron Age.
Abstract: The application of the globalization theory to colonial contexts in recent years has emphasized the articulations between colonized and colonizers. For the Mediterranean Iron Age, the focus has been upon the expressions of local (colonized) identities, and of regional variabilities of the overseas Greeks and Phoenicians; any attention to the engagements that Greeks and Phoenicians had among them during this time has been solely contrapositive in the framing of arguments. The present study analyzes the background to this circumstance by specifically addressing the engagement between these global cultures on a Mediterranean-wide scale during the period of their overseas foundations. Regarded from the perspective of a globalization framework, the common sets of practices and shared bodies of knowledge reveal a deep complexity of intercultural contact during the Iron Age, reminding us that cultures should never be individually considered.
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TL;DR: The authors reviewed McEvilley's contribution to the comparative project and then work through an extended comparison of one aspect of Greek and Indian philosophy. But they did not consider the differences between the two cultures.
Abstract: Like Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles Moore (1957), Bina Gupta and J. N. Mohanty (2000), Jonardon Ganeri (2001), Bina Gupta (2002), Bimal K. Matilal (2002), and Gananath Obeyesekere (2002), Thomas McEvilley's The Shape of Ancient Thought (2002) shows us how rewarding the study of comparative Greek and Indian philosophy can be. They argue that comparative study is not just a matter of recording interesting parallels but that such study is indeed necessary to understand either Indian or Greek philosophy. Comparative studies may help us not only understand the historical influences that shaped each tradition, but comparisons themselves may be a crucial tool in helping us under stand the subtleties of each tradition. To illustrate this, this paper will review McEvilley's contribution to the comparative project and then work through an extended comparison of one aspect of Greek and Hindu philosophy.
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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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