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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Main Author: Boletsi, Maria
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013
Series:Cultural memory in the present.
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