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Classical Heritage and European Identities

The Imagined Geographies of Danish Classicism

Vinnie Nørskov author Troels Myrup Kristensen author Lærke Maria Andersen Funder author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:30th Sep '20

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Classical Heritage and European Identities examines how the heritages of classical antiquity have been used to construct European identities, and especially the concept of citizenship, in Denmark from the eighteenth century to the present day. It implements a critical historiographical perspective in line with recent work on the "reception" of classical antiquity that has stressed the dialectic relationship between past, present and future.

Arguing that the continuous employment and appropriation of lassical heritages in the Danish context constitutes an interesting case of an imagined geography that is simultaneously based on both national and European identities, the book shows how Denmark’s imagined geography is naturalized through very distinctive uses of classical heritages within the educational and heritage sectors.

Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138317505_oachapter1.pdf

"I find this to be an excellent book and I hope that the authors will continue to explore further facets of classical reception. Classical heritage will hopefully be followed be further studies on Danish and Nordic classicisms."- JOHANNES SIAPKAS, Stockholm University, Sweden

ISBN: 9780367670269

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 249g

126 pages