Barbarism and its discontents / Maria Boletsi.

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Boletsi, Maria

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TextSeries: Cultural memory in the presentPublication details: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780804785372
0804785376

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CB19 .B575 2013eb

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Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Piecework; 2. Thinking Barbarism Today; 3. It's All Greek to Me: The Barbarian in History; 4. A Positive Barbarism?; 5. Barbarism in Repetition: Literature's Waiting For The Barbarians; 6. Another "Kind of Solution" : Art's Waiting For The Barbarians; 7. New Barbarians; Afterword; Notes; References; Index.

Summary: Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which "civilization" fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others "barbarians." Since the 1990s, and especially since 9/11, these terms have become increasingly popular in Western political and cultural rhetoric-a rhetoric that divides the world into forces of good and evil. This study intervenes in this recent trend and interrogates contemporary and historical uses of barbarism, arguing th.

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Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which "civilization" fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others "barbarians." Since the 1990s, and especially since 9/11, these terms have become increasingly popular in Western political and cultural rhetoric-a rhetoric that divides the world into forces of good and evil. This study intervenes in this recent trend and interrogates contemporary and historical uses of barbarism, arguing th.