Beyond "Hellenes" and "Barbarians" : asymmetrical concepts in European discourse /: asymmetrical concepts in European discourse. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kirill Postoutenko.
• Editors: Postoutenko, Kirill
• Contents: List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Notes on Transliteration <a href="/downloads/intros/PostoutenkoBeyond_intro.pdf" target="_blank">Introduction: ‘Asymmetrical Counter-Concepts’: Chances and Challenges ; Kirill Postoutenko Chapter 1. Treason as Touchstone: Asymmetrical Relations between ‘Heathens’ and ‘Christians’ in Middle High German Epic Literature; Paul Paradies Chapter 2. “Blond Flowing Hair”, “Tumid Lips, ” “Rigid Posture”, and “Choleric Temperament:” Universal Aspirations and Racial Asymmetries in Linnaeus’ Descriptions of Homo Sapiens ; Monica Libell Chapter 3. The Contribution of Asymmetrical Concepts to the Building of the Spanish Liberal discourse in the First Half of 19th Century (Methodological Reflections and Applications); Ana Isabel González Manso Chapter 4. ‘Kultur’ / ‘Bildung’ vs. ‘Civilization’: A Close Look at one Conceptual Asymmetry in the Early Nineteenth-Century Finnish Discourse; Heli Rantala Chapter 5. ‘Liberales' vs. 'Serviles': Symmetrisation of Asymmetrical Counter-Concepts and Political Polarization in Spain and Portugal (1810–1834); Luis Fernandez Torres Chapter 6. ‘Hellenes’ Revisited: Asymmetrical Concepts in the Language of the Greek Revolution; Alexandra Sfoini Chapter 7. ‘Civilization’ and ‘Barbarity’ in French Liberal Discourse During the Conquest and Colonisation of Algeria; Nere Basabe, María Luisa Sánchez-Mejía Chapter 8. ‘People, ’ ‘Plebs’ and the Changing Boundaries of the Political: Asymmetrical Conceptualizations in Spanish Liberalism in Comparative European Perspective; Pablo Sánchez León Chapter 9. ‘Order’ vs. ‘chaos’: Asymmetrical Counter-concepts and Ideological Struggles in the early 20th Century Russian Poland; Wiktor Marzec Chapter 10. Dutch Mccarthyism? The Asymmetrical Opposition of ‘Democracy’ and ‘Communism’ in Holland Between 1920 and 1990; Wim de Jong Chapter 11. Asymmetrical Oppositions and Hierarchical Structures in Soviet Musical Criticism: The Case of Essay Collection Za rubezhom (“Abroad”) (1953); Kirill Kozlovskii Chapter 12. “We the Basques”, and the “Other(s)": Ethnic Asymmetries in the Basque Nationalist Discourse; Iñaki Iriarte López Conclusion: Beyond ‘Hellenes‘ and ‘Barbarians‘; Kirill Postoutenko
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 401.41; Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- Europe; Discourse analysis, Narrative -- Political aspects -- Europe; Other (Philosophy); Europe -- Civilization; Europe -- Ethnic relations; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800736801
• Related ISBNs: 9781800736795
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