Ägypten (1996)

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Etienne Copeaux

Comment justifie-t-on et légitime-t-on un bouleversement politique et social ? Pourquoi une idéologie cherche-t-elle à s’enraciner dans un passé antique et à transformer les héros médiévaux en annonciateurs du présent ? A quel rythme et sous quelles formes les idées nouvelles se transforment-elles en présupposés admis sans discussion ? Comment, enfin, la vision de l’histoire établie par le nationalisme est-elle transmise à la jeunesse ? En prenant pour exemple le cas de la république de Turquie, qui a façonné dans les années 1930 un discours officiel complexe, Etienne Copeaux tente de répondre à ces questions et analyse le processus de formation d’un imaginaire national. Aussi, cet ouvrage, au-delà des lecteurs passionnés par la Turquie et ses voisins, s’adresse à tous ceux qui se préoccupent du détournement de l’histoire par le nationalisme, et s’intéressent au rôle de l’enseignement dans la transmission des idéologies.

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Dylan Sailor

"Writing and Empire in Tacitus examines how Tacitus' historiographical career serves as an argument about his personal autonomy and social value under the peculiar political conditions of the early Roman empire. Following the arc of his career from Agricola through Histories to Annals, this book focuses on ways in which Tacitus' writing makes implicit claims about his relationship to Roman society and about the political consequentiality of historical writing. In a sense, this book suggests, his literary career and the sense of alienation his works project form the ideal complement to his very successful political career, which, while desirable, might nonetheless give the impression of degrading submission to emperors. The discussion combines careful attention to the historian's explicit programmatic discussion of his work with larger-scale analysis of stretches of narrative that have unspoken but significant implications for how we view the function and importance of Tacitus' work."--BOOK JACKET.

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John Demos

The author examines the changing nature of the American family including issues of fatherhood, child abuse, adolescence, and old age.

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Carolyn Higbie

Using an inscription from the 1st century BC as the starting point, this text studies the ancient Greeks' perception of their past. Drawing on anthropological theory and archaeological and literary evidence, it explores how ancient Greeks reconstructed their past and utilised it in their present.