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For better or worse, the ancient Greeks retain their cultural,
political, and philosophical authority for contemporary educators
and actors. Maureen Dowd has talked about the Hellenization of the
Bush administration, Thucydides has been used as a template to
analyze the Iraqi War and the War on Terror, Greek drama has been
repeatedly performed in sometimes spectacular if unconventional
ways, while the Trojan War, the battle of Thermopylae, the
Spartans, and Alexander have all been the subjects of recent films.
Last year the New York Times carried a front page story about
'conservatives' taking a 'new tack' by establishing 'beachheads'
for programs in Western Civilization and American Institutions in
which the ancient Greeks hold pride of place. The contributors to
When Worlds Elide are also invested in having Greek philosophy,
literature, and political theory taken seriously in contemporary
debates-whether over modes of interpreting Plato, Athenian
democracy, gender, ethnicity, or materiality. What distinguishes
this book is the substantive range of the essays in it and the
generative potentialities of 'using' ancient authors and events in
analyzing these debates. It begins from the premise that 'the
Greeks' (like 'the French' or 'the Chinese') obscures the contested
histories of ethnic, geographic, and political formations in favor
of an idealized dehistoricized collectivity. The also book also
illustrates the ways in which ancient texts must be understood
within the history of interpretative practices, which means that
'the Greeks' are more a moving target than a stable entity, and
that each generation of interlocutors formulates continually
transforming questions, readings, and arguments. Finally, this book
supposes that an interrogation of 'the Greek legacy' depends on
interdisciplinary work where interdisciplinarity functions as a
verb-that is, something that is always in the process of being
achieved.
For better or worse, the ancient Greeks retain their cultural,
political, and philosophical authority for contemporary educators
and actors. Maureen Dowd has talked about the Hellenization of the
Bush administration, Thucydides has been used as a template to
analyze the Iraqi War and the War on Terror, Greek drama has been
repeatedly performed in sometimes spectacular if unconventional
ways, while the Trojan War, the battle of Thermopylae, the
Spartans, and Alexander have all been the subjects of recent films.
Last year the New York Times carried a front page story about
"conservatives" taking a "new tack" by establishing "beachheads"
for programs in Western Civilization and American Institutions in
which the ancient Greeks hold pride of place. The contributors to
When Worlds Elide are also invested in having Greek philosophy,
literature, and political theory taken seriously in contemporary
debates-whether over modes of interpreting Plato, Athenian
democracy, gender, ethnicity, or materiality. What distinguishes
this book is the substantive range of the essays in it and the
generative potentialities of "using" ancient authors and events in
analyzing these debates. It begins from the premise that "the
Greeks" (like "the French" or "the Chinese") obscures the contested
histories of ethnic, geographic, and political formations in favor
of an idealized dehistoricized collectivity. The also book also
illustrates the ways in which ancient texts must be understood
within the history of interpretative practices, which means that
"the Greeks" are more a moving target than a stable entity, and
that each generation of interlocutors formulates continually
transforming questions, readings, and arguments. Finally, this book
supposes that an interrogation of "the Greek legacy" depends on
interdisciplinary work where interdisciplinarity functions as a
verb-that is, something that is always in the process of being
achieved.
This book compiles a series of case studies derived from
archaeological excavation in Greek cultural contexts in the
Mediterranean (ca. 800-100 B.C), addressing the current state of
the field, the goals and direction of Greek archaeology, and its
place in archaeological thought and practice. Overviews of
archaeological sites and analyses of assemblages and contexts
explore how new forms of data; methods of data recovery and
analysis; and sampling strategies have affected the discourse in
classical archaeology and the range of research questions and
strategies at our disposal. Recent excavations and field practices
are steering the way that we approach Greek cultural landscapes and
form broader theoretical perspectives, while generating new
research questions and interpretive frameworks that in turn affect
how we sample sites, collect and study material remains, and
ultimately construct the archaeological record. The book confronts
the implications of an integrated dialogue between realms of data
and interpretive methodologies, addressing how reengagement with
the site, assemblage, or artifact, from the excavation context can
structure the way that we link archaeological and systemic contexts
in classical archaeology.
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