Barbarism and its discontents /
Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which "civilization" fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others "barbarians." Sin...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
2013
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Series: | Cultural memory in the present.
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |