Niehaus, Andreas, Zelle, Michael, Sporn, Katja, van Nijf, Onno M., Williamson, Christina G., Sommer, Michael, Versluys, Miguel John, Wells, Peter S., Fontijn, David, Busch, Alexandra W. and Eckardt, Hella
(2015).
Reinventing 'The Invention of Tradition'? Indigenous Pasts and the Roman Present.
Paderborn:
Wilhelm Fink.
ISBN 978-3-7705-5929-5
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Abstract
Thirty years ago Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger introduced The invention of tradition as a concept to explain the creation and rise of certain traditions in times of profound cultural change. Taking stock of current theoretical understandings and focusing on the Roman world, this volume explores the concept of 'inventing traditions' as a means to understand processes of continuity, change and cultural innovation. The notion has been highly influential among studies concerned with the Greek and Roman eastern Mediterranean. Elsewhere in the Roman world and traditions other than Greek, however, have been neglected. This volume aims to evaluate critically the usefulness of the idea of 'inventing traditions' for the successor culture that was Rome. It focuses on the western part of the Roman Empire, which has been virtually ignored by such studies, and on non-Greek traditions. Why, in the Roman present, were some (indigenous) traditions forgotten while others invented or maintained? Using the past for reasons of legitimation in a highly volatile present is a cultural strategy that (also) characterises our present-day, globalized world. Can 'inventing traditions' be regarded as a common human characteristic occurring throughout world history?
| Item Type: | Book |
| Creators: | Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Niehaus, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zelle, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sporn, Katja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED van Nijf, Onno M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Williamson, Christina G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sommer, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Versluys, Miguel John UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wells, Peter S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fontijn, David UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Busch, Alexandra W. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Eckardt, Hella UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED |
| Editors: | Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Boschung, Dietrich UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Busch, Alexandra W. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Versluys, Miguel John UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED |
| Contributors: | Contribution Name Email Corrector Thomas, Agnes UNSPECIFIED Corrector Greub, Thierry UNSPECIFIED |
| Corporate Creators: | Internationales Kolleg Morphomata |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-207455 |
| Series Name at the University of Cologne: | Morphomata |
| Volume: | 32 |
| Number of Pages: | 262 S. |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | Wilhelm Fink |
| Place of Publication: | Paderborn |
| ISSN: | 2511-2341 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7705-5929-5 |
| Language: | Multiple languages |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Divisions: | Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Internationales Kolleg Morphomata |
| Subjects: | Geography and history History of ancient world |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Keywords Language Kulturwandel German Römisches Reich German Tradition German |
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| Funders: | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung |
| Projects: | Förderkennzeichen 01UK0905 |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20745 |
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