{"product_id":"cultural-identity-in-the-ancient-erich-s-gruen-9780892369690","title":"Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean","description":"\u003cp\u003eCultural identity is a slippery and elusive concept. When applied to the collective self-consciousness among peoples or nations, it becomes all the more difficult to define or grasp. In recent decades scholars have focused on the \"other\"--the alien, the unfamiliar, the different, perceived or conceived as the opposite--to highlight the virtues and advantages of the self. While this influential idea continues to hold sway, the time has come for a more nuanced and complex understanding of how the various societies of the ancient Mediterranean shaped their sense of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-four essays in this volume examine the subject from a variety of angles. They encompass a broad range of cultures--Greek, Persian, Jewish, Phoenician, Egyptian, Roman, Gallic, and German--and an impressive array of topics. The essays attest to a diversity of attitudes toward other peoples that underscore distinctiveness or discover connectiveness or sometimes both. They show, above all, that the twists and turns that accompanied the development of a collective consciousness found no smooth path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erich S. Gruen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0892369698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780892369690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Getty Research Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 34","brand":"Erich S. Gruen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44584233664767,"sku":"9780892369690","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02b83ace-7105-48a0-8f7a-983ba8d3d50c.jpg?v=1701886031","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultural-identity-in-the-ancient-erich-s-gruen-9780892369690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}