The First European : : A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire / / Pierre Briant.
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 brou...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Preface to the English- Language Edition -- |t Introduction: Fragments of European History -- |t I. A Critical History -- |t 1. History, Morals, and Philosophy -- |t 2. Alexander in Europe Erudition and History -- |t II. The Conqueror- Philosopher -- |t 3. War, Reason, and Civilization -- |t 4. A Successful Conquest -- |t 5. Affirming and Contesting the Model -- |t III. Empires and Nations -- |t 6. Lessons of Empire, from the Thames to the Indus -- |t 7. Alexander in France from the Revolution to the Restoration -- |t 8. German Alexanders -- |t IV. The Sense of History -- |t 9. After Alexander? -- |t 10. Alexander, Europe, and the Immobile Orient -- |t Conclusion -- |t Bibliography -- |t Notes -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Index |
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