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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780674659667
- Book Title
- First European : a History of Alexander in the Age of Empire
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Item Length
- 1 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Historiography, Ancient / Greece, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Modern / General, Europe / General
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
067465966X
ISBN-13
9780674659667
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28038426647
Product Key Features
Book Title
First European : a History of Alexander in the Age of Empire
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Historiography, Ancient / Greece, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Modern / General, Europe / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-009269
Reviews
The First European is a work of exceptional quality and interest. Briant's patient disentanglement of the relationship between Alexander the Great, Enlightenment historical thought and European imperialism in India and the Middle East sheds dramatic new light on all three fields...This is a truly remarkable forgotten chapter of European intellectual history, laid out with passion and integrity. Neither Alexander nor Napoleon will ever look quite the same again., In this important work, a great historian of classical antiquity returns to the European e~long eighteenth centurye(tm) and its reconsideration of the crucial figure of Alexander as a forerunner of its own imperial ambitions and projects. With its vast erudition, and careful attention to minor as well as major figures from Montesquieu to Droysen and beyond, Pierre Briante(tm)s book is nothing less than a tour de force , both as a contribution to the intellectual history of the Enlightenment in its global dimensions, as well as to the complex dialogue between e~Modernse(tm) and e~Ancients.e(tm) It confirms once more that the life-trajectory of the Macedonian conqueror remains an inexhaustible cultural resource, whether in the Christian or indeed the Islamic world, from the Atlantic and Mediterranean to Bengal and the Malay Peninsula. This is a significant and weighty contribution to a real global intellectual history., In this important work, a great historian of classical antiquity returns to the European 'e~long eighteenth century'e(tm) and its reconsideration of the crucial figure of Alexander as a forerunner of its own imperial ambitions and projects. With its vast erudition, and careful attention to minor as well as major figures from Montesquieu to Droysen and beyond, Pierre Briant'e(tm)s book is nothing less than a tour de force , both as a contribution to the intellectual history of the Enlightenment in its global dimensions, as well as to the complex dialogue between 'e~Moderns'e(tm) and 'e~Ancients.'e(tm) It confirms once more that the life-trajectory of the Macedonian conqueror remains an inexhaustible cultural resource, whether in the Christian or indeed the Islamic world, from the Atlantic and Mediterranean to Bengal and the Malay Peninsula. This is a significant and weighty contribution to a real global intellectual history., In this important work, a great historian of classical antiquity returns to the European 'long eighteenth century' and its reconsideration of the crucial figure of Alexander as a forerunner of its own imperial ambitions and projects. With its vast erudition, and careful attention to minor as well as major figures from Montesquieu to Droysen and beyond, Pierre Briant's book is nothing less than a tour de force , both as a contribution to the intellectual history of the Enlightenment in its global dimensions, as well as to the complex dialogue between 'Moderns' and 'Ancients.' It confirms once more that the life-trajectory of the Macedonian conqueror remains an inexhaustible cultural resource, whether in the Christian or indeed the Islamic world, from the Atlantic and Mediterranean to Bengal and the Malay Peninsula. This is a significant and weighty contribution to a real global intellectual history.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
938/.0707204
Synopsis
The exploits of Alexander the Great were so remarkable that for centuries after his death the Macedonian ruler seemed a figure more of legend than of history. Thinkers of the European Enlightenment, searching for ancient models to understand contemporary affairs, were the first to critically interpret Alexander's achievements. As Pierre Briant shows, in the minds of eighteenth-century intellectuals and philosophes , Alexander was the first European: a successful creator of empire who opened the door to new sources of trade and scientific knowledge, and an enlightened leader who brought the fruits of Western civilization to an oppressed and backward "Orient." In France, Scotland, England, and Germany, Alexander the Great became an important point of reference in discourses from philosophy and history to political economy and geography. Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Robertson asked what lessons Alexander's empire-building had to teach modern Europeans. They saw the ancient Macedonian as the embodiment of the rational and benevolent Western ruler, a historical model to be emulated as Western powers accelerated their colonial expansion into Asia, India, and the Middle East. For a Europe that had to contend with the formidable Ottoman Empire, Alexander provided an important precedent as the conqueror who had brought great tyrants of the "Orient" to heel. As The First European makes clear, in the minds of Europe's leading thinkers, Alexander was not an aggressive militarist but a civilizing force whose conquests revitalized Asian lands that had lain stagnant for centuries under the lash of despotic rulers., Enlightenment thinkers, searching for ancient models to understand contemporary affairs, were the first to critically interpret Alexander the Great's achievements. As Pierre Briant shows, in their minds Alexander was the first European: an empire builder who welcomed trade with the "Orient" and brought Western civilization to its oppressed peoples.
LC Classification Number
DF234.2.B74713 2017
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