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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Briant, Pierre, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The First European : A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire / Pierre Briant. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (470 p.) : 13 color illustrations, 17 halftones, 3 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the English- Language Edition -- Introduction: Fragments of European History -- I. A Critical History -- 1. History, Morals, and Philosophy -- 2. Alexander in Europe Erudition and History -- II. The Conqueror- Philosopher -- 3. War, Reason, and Civilization -- 4. A Successful Conquest -- 5. Affirming and Contesting the Model -- III. Empires and Nations -- 6. Lessons of Empire, from the Thames to the Indus -- 7. Alexander in France from the Revolution to the Restoration -- 8. German Alexanders -- IV. The Sense of History -- 9. After Alexander? -- 10. Alexander, Europe, and the Immobile Orient -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) Hellenism Historiography. Hellenism Influence. History, Ancient Historiography. HISTORY / Europe / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 9783110737769 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110543315 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674972841 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674972841 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674972841.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the English- Language Edition -- Introduction: Fragments of European History -- I. A Critical History -- 1. History, Morals, and Philosophy -- 2. Alexander in Europe Erudition and History -- II. The Conqueror- Philosopher -- 3. War, Reason, and Civilization -- 4. A Successful Conquest -- 5. Affirming and Contesting the Model -- III. Empires and Nations -- 6. Lessons of Empire, from the Thames to the Indus -- 7. Alexander in France from the Revolution to the Restoration -- 8. German Alexanders -- IV. The Sense of History -- 9. After Alexander? -- 10. Alexander, Europe, and the Immobile Orient -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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