Ours Once More

Folklore, Ideology, and the Making of Modern Greece
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78920-722-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 329 g

When this work – one that contributes to both the history and anthropology fields – first appeared in 1982, it was hailed as a landmark study of the role of folklore in nation-building. It has since been highly influential in reshaping the analysis of Greek and European cultural dynamics.  In this expanded edition, a new introduction by the author and an epilogue by Sharon Macdonald document its importance for the emergence of serious anthropological interest in European culture and society and for current debates about Greece’s often contested place in the complex politics of the European Union.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herzfeld, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the First Edition

Introduction: Historicizing a History

Prologue to the Greek Edition

Alki Kyriakidou-Nestoros



Chapter 1. Past Glories, Present Politics

Chapter 2. Extroversion and Introspection

Chapter 3. National Character, National Consciousness

Chapter 4. Attack and Reaction

Chapter 5. The Creation of a Discipline

Chapter 6. Expansion and Collapse

Conclusion: Conclusions and Emergences



Epilogue: Laying the Foundations of the Anthropology of Europe: An Ethnography of Culture Theory

Sharon Macdonald

Appendix A: Politis' Folklore Taxonomy

Appendix B: Basic Chronology

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Herzfeld, Michael
Michael Herzfeld is Ernest E. Monrad Research Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. He is the author of eleven books, the most recent of which was Siege of the Spirits: Community and Polity in Bangkok (2016, University of Chicago Press). He is a former president of the Modern Greek Studies Association and of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe.

Michael Herzfeld is Ernest E. Monrad Research Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. He is the author of eleven books, the most recent of which was Siege of the Spirits: Community and Polity in Bangkok (2016, University of Chicago Press). He is a former president of the Modern Greek Studies Association and of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe.