Neuerscheinung: The Polis in the Hellenistic World. Herausgegeben von Henning Börm und Nino Luraghi
18. Juli 2018
Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2018
Zitation
After having been for decades the province of a relatively small group of scholars, the Hellenistic polis has become central to the research agenda of Ancient historians more broadly. This development can be traced from the early nineties of the last century, and has picked up pace in a sustained fashion at the turn of the millennium. Recent research has started approaching the Greek polis of the centuries between Alexander and Cleopatra as a specific historical phenomenon, striving to define its most peculiar aspects from as many angles as possible, and to point to new avenues of interpretation that might contribute to recognizing its historical role. In this general framework, this volume attempts to explore new lines of thought, to question established ways of reading the evidence, and to take stock of recent developments. The contributors do not subscribe to any particular shared approach; on the contrary, their approaches and questions stem from many different scholarly traditions and methodologies. Rather than seeking to achieve a complete coverage, the volume provides a selection of current research agendas, in many cases offering glimpses of ongoing projects. (Verlag)
Dr. Henning Börm ist Assistent am Lehrstuhl für Alte Geschichte der Universität Konstanz. Von 2014-15 war er Fellow am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Kolleg Konstanz.
Prof. Dr. Nino Luraghi ist der David Magie Professor of Classics an der Princeton University. Von April-Juli 2011 und von September 2013-August 2014 war er Fellow am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Kolleg Konstanz.
Der Sammelband beruht auf der Konferenz "Rethinking the Polis in Hellenistic Times", die 2014 von den Herausgebern am Exzellenzcluster „Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration“ organisiert wurde. Der Exzellenzcluster hat auch das Erscheinen dieses Buches gefördert.