Modernity's Classics
This book presents critical studies of modern reconfigurations of conceptions of the past, of the 'classical', and of national heritage. Its scope is global (China, India, Egypt, Iran, Judaism, the Greco-Roman world) and inter-disciplinary (textual philol
- PDF / 6,380,775 Bytes
- 351 Pages / 439.37 x 666.142 pts Page_size
- 57 Downloads / 151 Views
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8753
.
Sarah C. Humphreys • Rudolf G. Wagner Editors
Modernity’s Classics
Editors Sarah C. Humphreys Oxford United Kingdom
Rudolf G. Wagner Exzellenzcluster “Asia and Europe” Karl Jaspers Centre Heidelberg Germany
ISSN 2191-656X ISSN 2191-6578 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-33070-4 ISBN 978-3-642-33071-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-33071-1 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012954006 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
We are most grateful to the Central European University, Budapest, and its Rector Yehuda Elkana, for funding our first workshop, and to the Heidelberg University Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows” for funding the second and third. We also wish to thank those who took part in one or more workshops but for various reasons were unable to contribute to this volume: Aziz al-Azmeh, Gabor Betegh, Rajeev Bhargava, Yaakov Dweck, Nancy Florida, Garth Fowden, Ann Hanson, Joachim Kurtz, and Glenn Most.
v
.
Contents
1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah C. Hump
Data Loading...
