Author: Edward Ernest SikesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Anthropology of the Greeks
Author: Edward Ernest SikesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Anthropology and the Greeks
Author: S.C. HumphreysPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136549846
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The first section of the book deals with the history of the relationship of classical studies and anthropology. In the second section the more material aspects of ancient Greek life are considered and the author relates the economic history of the period to new approaches in archaeology and economic anthropology. The place of kinship in the social structure of the Greek city-state; the social factors involved in the genesis of Greek philosophy; and the structural and institutional components of 'freedom' in classical Athens are all examined. First published in 1978.
The Anthropology of Ancient Greece
Author: Louis GernetHomo Necans
Author: Walter BurkertPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520058750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
"A milestone, not only in the field of classics but in the wider field of the history of religion. . . . It will find a place alongside the works of Jane Ellen Harrison, Sir James George Frazer, Claude Levi-Strauss, and van Gennep."—Wendy Flaherty, Divinity School, University of Chicago "This book is a professional classic, an absolute must for any serious student of Greek religion."—Albert Henrichs, Harvard University
The Anthropology of the Greeks
Author: Edward Ernest SikesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
When Greeks think about Turks
Author: Dimitrios TheodossopoulosPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317997506
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Drawing upon anthropological studies that document culturally specific ways of perceiving ethic Others in Greece and Cyprus, this book explores the cultural boundaries of the categories ‘Greek’ and ‘Turk’, and compares views on what it means to be one of these ethnic groups or both. The contributors examine the opinions of diverse social groups, such as ordinary middle-class citizens, intellectuals, army officers, children, villagers, refugees from Asia Minor, and Greek-and-Turkisj-Cypriots. They also investigate the local attitudes to international politics and highlight the contextual – as opposed to immutable and essentialist – meaning of evaluations about nations, such as Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, and their citizens. When Greeks think about Turks carefully unpacks the cultural meaning of popular metaphors, stereotypes and versions of history as these are articulated in the context of discussions about the Turks in Greece. It sets the template for understanding how local perceptions of resemblance and difference provide a conceptual framework for defining and negotiating ethnic identity at the local, national and international level. It sheds valuable light on the politics of identity-making and the constitution of nationalism in Greece and Cyprus. This book was previously published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.
Anthropology Through the Looking-Glass
Author: Michael HerzfeldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521389082
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Despite having emerged in the heyday of a dominant Europe, of which Ancient Greece is the hallowed spiritual and intellectual ancestor, anthropology has paradoxically shown relatively little interest in contemporary Greek culture. In this innovative and ambitious book, Michael Herzfeld moves Greek Ethnography from the margins to the centre of anthropological theory, revealing the theoretical insights that can be gained by so doing. He shows that the ideology that originally led to the creation of anthropology also played a large part in the growth of the modern Greek nation-state, and that Greek ethnography can therefore serve as a mirror for an ethnography of anthropology itself. He further demonstrates the role that scholarly fields, including anthropology, have played in the construction of contemporary Greek culture and Greek identity.
Critical Times in Greece
Author: Dimitris DalakoglouPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315299011
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This volume brings together new anthropological research on the Greek crisis. With a number of contributions from academics based in Greece, the book addresses a number of key issues such as the refugee crisis, far-right extremism and the psychological impact of increased poverty and unemployment. It provides much needed ethnographic contributions and critical anthropological perspectives at a key moment in Greece’s history, and will be of great interest to researchers interested in the social, political and economic developments in southern Europe. It is the first collection to explore the impact of this period of radical social change on anthropological understandings of Greece.
Beyond the Bailouts
Author: Clarissa de WaalPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1838608052
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Since the nineteenth century, Greek financial and economic crises have been an enduring problem, most recently engulfing the European Union and EU member states. The latest crisis, beginning in 2010, has been - and continues to be - a headline news story across the continent. With a radically different approach and methodology, this anthropological study brings new insights to our understanding of the Greek crises by combining historical material from before and after the nineteenth century War of Independence with extensive longitudinal ethnographic research. The ethnography covers two distinct periods - the 1980s and the current crisis years - and compares Mystras and Kefala, two villages in southern Greece, each of which has responded quite differently to economic circumstances. Analysis of this divergence highlights the book's central point that an ideology of aspiration to work in the public sector, pervasive in Greek society since the nineteenth century, has been a major contributor to Greece's problematic economic development. Shedding new light on previously under-researched anthropological and sociological aspects of the Greek economic crisis, this book will be essential reading for economists, anthropologists and historians.
Comparative Anthropology of Ancient Greece
Author: Marcel DetiennePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674021259
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Comparative Anthropology of Ancient Greece looks at the anthropology of the Greeks and other cultures across space and time, and in the process discovers aspects of the art of comparability. Marcel Detienne tries to see how cultural systems react not just to a touchstone category, but also to the questions and concepts that arise from the reaction.