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- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Chronology of Ancient China
- Maps of Ancient China, Greece, and Rome
- The Many Faces of “the People” in the Ancient World
- Part I Authority and Lifestyles of Distinction
- Part II The People as Agents and Addressees
- Part III Inversions of the People: Emperors and Tyrants
- Part IV Identities and “Others”
- Chapter 12 The Invention of the “Barbarian” and Ethnic Identity in Early Greece and China
- Chapter 13 Ethnic Identity and the ‘Barbarian’ in Classical Greece and Early China
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Chapter 12 - The Invention of the “Barbarian” and Ethnic Identity in Early Greece and China
from Part IV - Identities and “Others”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2021
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Chronology of Ancient China
- Maps of Ancient China, Greece, and Rome
- The Many Faces of “the People” in the Ancient World
- Part I Authority and Lifestyles of Distinction
- Part II The People as Agents and Addressees
- Part III Inversions of the People: Emperors and Tyrants
- Part IV Identities and “Others”
- Chapter 12 The Invention of the “Barbarian” and Ethnic Identity in Early Greece and China
- Chapter 13 Ethnic Identity and the ‘Barbarian’ in Classical Greece and Early China
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Summary
In China and Greece a remarkably similar idea arose. In both cultures, the idea of a conceptual dichotomy between self and Other was posited early on, after a period of intense encounters with concrete others in a context of colonization. In this chapter I intend to trace the early development of this dichotomy in China in comparison to early Greece, to examine its role in shaping the self-perceptions of the “Chinese” and the “Greeks,” and the outlooks of their respective societies.
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- Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China , pp. 399 - 419Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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