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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

Hans-Joachim Gehrke
Affiliation:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Raymond Geuss
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Jonas Grethlein
Affiliation:
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
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The introduction gives an overview of the book’s aim and the conceptual approach to its topic. The subject is the particular way in which the Greeks, in the context of their general project of understanding the world, have made sense of their past. That means it is about history as an element of Greek culture. The concept with which the subject is dealt with is that of intentional history, which is based on the theories of Maurice Halbwachs and Aleida and Jan Assmann on collective memory and social remembrance. With ‘intentional history’, I refer to that part of history that is relevant to the collective identity of social groups of all sizes. This concept allows statements to be made across cultures and epochs and thus makes it possible to draw a connection from antiquity to modernity.

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The Greeks and Their Histories
Myth, History, and Society
, pp. 1 - 9
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Introduction
  • Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
  • Translated by Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge
  • Preface by Jonas Grethlein, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
  • Book: The Greeks and Their Histories
  • Online publication: 01 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009022279.004
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  • Introduction
  • Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
  • Translated by Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge
  • Preface by Jonas Grethlein, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
  • Book: The Greeks and Their Histories
  • Online publication: 01 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009022279.004
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  • Introduction
  • Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
  • Translated by Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge
  • Preface by Jonas Grethlein, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
  • Book: The Greeks and Their Histories
  • Online publication: 01 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009022279.004
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