{"product_id":"social-memory-in-athenian-public-bernd-steinbock-9780472118328","title":"Social Memory in Athenian Public Discourse: Uses and Meanings of the Past","description":"Prompted by the abundant historical allusions in Athenian political and diplomatic discourse, Bernd Steinbock analyzes the uses and meanings of the past in fourth-century Athens, using Thebes' role in Athenian memory as a case study. This examination is based upon the premise that Athenian social memory, that is, the shared and often idealized and distorted image of the past, should not be viewed as an unreliable counterpart of history but as an invaluable key to the Athenians' mentality. Against the tendency to view the orators' references to the past as empty rhetorical phrases or propagandistic cover-ups for \u003ci\u003eRealpolitik, \u003c\/i\u003e it argues that the past constituted important political capital in its own right. Drawing upon theories of social memory, it contextualizes the orators' historical allusions within the complex net of remembrances and beliefs held by the audience and thus tries to gauge their ideological and emotive power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Integrating literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence with recent scholarship on memory, identity, rhetoric, and international relations, \u003ci\u003eSocial Memory in Athenian Public Discourse: Uses and Meanings of the Past\u003c\/i\u003e enhances our understanding of both the function of memory in Athenian public discourse and the history of Athenian-Theban relations. It should be of interest not only to students of Greek history and oratory but to everybody interested in memory studies, Athenian democracy, and political decision making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernd Steinbock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472118323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472118328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.50w x 1.60d","brand":"Bernd Steinbock","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086707077375,"sku":"9780472118328","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a3fe76a-9f3c-49de-b03b-6094b16546ef.jpg?v=1769096111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-memory-in-athenian-public-bernd-steinbock-9780472118328","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}