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Anachronism and Antiquity (Hardcover)
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Anachronism and Antiquity (Hardcover)
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This book is a study both of anachronism in antiquity and of
anachronism as a vehicle for understanding antiquity. It explores
the post-classical origins and changing meanings of the term
'anachronism' as well as the presence of anachronism in all its
forms in classical literature, criticism and material objects.
Contrary to the position taken by many modern philosophers of
history, this book argues that classical antiquity had a rich and
varied understanding of historical difference, which is reflected
in sophisticated notions of anachronism. This central hypothesis is
tested by an examination of attitudes to temporal errors in ancient
literary texts and chronological writings and by analysing notions
of anachronistic survival and multitemporality. Rather than seeing
a sense of anachronism as something that separates modernity from
antiquity, the book suggests that in both ancient writings and
their modern receptions chronological rupture can be used as a way
of creating a dialogue between past and present. With a selection
of case-studies and theoretical discussions presented in a manner
suitable for scholars and students both of classical antiquity and
of modern history, anthropology, and visual culture, the book's
ambition is to offer a new conceptual map of antiquity through the
notion of anachronism.
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