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Barbarism and Its Discontents (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Boletsi, Maria(Author) is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which "civilization" fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others "barbarians." Since the 1990s, and especially since 9/11, these terms have become increasingly popular in Western political and cultural rhetoric—a rhetoric that divides the world into forces of good and evil. This study intervenes in th
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Boletsi, Maria(Author)
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804785372
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, History, Poetry
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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