BOOKS by Francois Hartog, Lloyd,

Memories of Odysseus: Frontier Tales from Ancient Greece more books like this

by Francois Hartog, Janet Lloyd, Lady (Translator), Professor Paul Cartledge (Foreword by)

The conception of the Other has long been a problem for philosophers. Emmanuel Levinas, best known for his attention to the issue argued that the voyages of Odysseus represent the very nature of Western philosophy : "His adventure in the world is nothing but a return to his native land, a complacency with the Same, a misrecognition of the Other." ...

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The Mirror of Herodotus: The Representation of the Other in the Writing of History more books like this

by Francois Hartog, Janet Lloyd, Lady (Translator)

Herodotus's great work is not only an account of the momentous historical conflict between the Greeks and the Persians but also the earliest sustained exploration in the West of the problem of cultural difference. Francois Hartog asks fundamental questions about how Herodotus represented this difference. How did he and his readers understand the ...

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