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"In this concise but stimulating book on history and Greek culture, Hans-Joachim Gehrke continues to refine his work on 'intentional history', which he defines as a history in the self-understanding of social groups and communities - connected to a corresponding understanding of the other - which is important, even essential, for the collective identity, social cohesion, political behaviour and the cultural orientation of such units. In a series of four chapters Gehrke illustrates how Greeks' histories were consciously employed to help shape political and social realities. In particular, he argues that poets were initially the masters of the past and that this dominance of the aesthetic in the view of the past led to an indissoluble amalgamation of myth and history and lasting tension between poetry and truth in the genre of historiography. The book reveals a more sophisticated picture of Greek historiography, its intellectual foundations, and its wider social-political contexts." -- Provided by the publisher.
| Title |
The Greeks and their histories : myth, history, and society / Hans-Joachim Gehrke preface by Jonas Grethlein translated by Raymond Geuss. |
|---|---|
| Contributors |
Geuss, Raymond (translator) |
| Publisher |
Cambridge New York : Cambridge University Press |
| Creation Date |
2023 |
| Notes |
Translated from the German. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Content |
Introduction -- The Locus of Intentional History: Reference-Group -- Producers -- Media -- Greek Myths As a History of the Greeks: Motifs -- Forms -- Structures -- Greek Historiography between Past and Present -- Greek Historiography between Fiction and Truth -- Concluding Perspectives. |
| Series |
Classical scholarship in translation |
| Extent |
xvii, 166 pages 24 cm. |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997012291118705171 |
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