Making Time for the Past : Local History and the Polis

Name: Making Time for the Past
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780199694983
Price: 9200 KES
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ISBN: 9780199694983

by Katherine Clarke

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0199694982

ISBN-13 9780199694983

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 7th, 2011

Print length 424 Pages

Weight 644 grams

Dimensions 23.10 x 15.70 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: European history Ancient history: to c 500 CE Classical history / classical civilisation Ancient history European history

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In this study of time and history in the ancient Greek world, Katherine Clarke argues that choices concerning the articulation and expression of time, especially time past, reflect the values of those who narrate it and also of their audiences. In this way construction of the past both displays and contributes to a sense of shared identity.

This book has two main and connected themes - the conception and articulation of time in the Greek world and the creation of history, especially in the context of the Greek city. Both how time is expressed and how the past is presented have often been seen as reflections of society. By looking at the construction of the past through the medium of local historiography, where we can view these issues in the relatively restricted world of individual city-states, we can gain a clearer insight into how different versions of the past and different constructions of time were offered to the community for approval. In this way, the citizens were able to negotiate time past and indeed their own history, and thereby to express their values and aspirations.

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