The First European (ePub)
A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire
(Sprache: Englisch)
"A truly remarkable forgotten chapter of European intellectual history, laid out with passion and integrity." (The Wall Street Journal)
The exploits of Alexander the Great were so remarkable that for centuries after his death the Macedonian ruler seemed...
The exploits of Alexander the Great were so remarkable that for centuries after his death the Macedonian ruler seemed...
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"A truly remarkable forgotten chapter of European intellectual history, laid out with passion and integrity." (The Wall Street Journal)
The exploits of Alexander the Great were so remarkable that for centuries after his death the Macedonian ruler seemed a figure more of legend than of history. Thinkers of the European Enlightenment, searching for ancient models to understand contemporary affairs, were the first to critically interpret Alexander's achievements. As Pierre Briant shows, in the minds of eighteenth-century intellectuals andphilosophers, Alexander was the first European: a successful creator of empire who opened the door to new sources of trade and scientific knowledge, and an enlightened leader who brought the fruits of Western civilization to an oppressed and backward "Orient."
In France, Scotland, England, and Germany, Alexander the Great became an important point of reference in discourses from philosophy and history to political economy and geography. Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Robertson asked what lessons Alexander's empire-building had to teach modern Europeans. They saw the ancient Macedonian as the embodiment of the rational and benevolent Western ruler, a historical model to be emulated as Western powers accelerated their colonial expansion into Asia, India, and the Middle East.
"This important work.... confirms once more that the life-trajectory of the Macedonian conqueror remains an inexhaustible cultural resource." -Sanjay Subrahmanyam, University of California, Los Angeles, author of Empires Between Islam and Christianity
The exploits of Alexander the Great were so remarkable that for centuries after his death the Macedonian ruler seemed a figure more of legend than of history. Thinkers of the European Enlightenment, searching for ancient models to understand contemporary affairs, were the first to critically interpret Alexander's achievements. As Pierre Briant shows, in the minds of eighteenth-century intellectuals andphilosophers, Alexander was the first European: a successful creator of empire who opened the door to new sources of trade and scientific knowledge, and an enlightened leader who brought the fruits of Western civilization to an oppressed and backward "Orient."
In France, Scotland, England, and Germany, Alexander the Great became an important point of reference in discourses from philosophy and history to political economy and geography. Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Robertson asked what lessons Alexander's empire-building had to teach modern Europeans. They saw the ancient Macedonian as the embodiment of the rational and benevolent Western ruler, a historical model to be emulated as Western powers accelerated their colonial expansion into Asia, India, and the Middle East.
"This important work.... confirms once more that the life-trajectory of the Macedonian conqueror remains an inexhaustible cultural resource." -Sanjay Subrahmanyam, University of California, Los Angeles, author of Empires Between Islam and Christianity
Autoren-Porträt von Pierre Briant
Pierre Briant is Emeritus Professor of History of the Achaemenid World and Alexander's Empire at Collège de France.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Pierre Briant
- 2023, 501 Seiten, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Nicholas Elliott
- Verlag: Harvard University Press
- ISBN-10: 0674972864
- ISBN-13: 9780674972865
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.01.2023
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