Classical Heritage and European Identities

Name: Classical Heritage and European Identities
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Classical Heritage and European IdentitiesThe Imagined Geographies of Danish Classicism\nAuthor(s): Lrke Maria Andersen Funder, Troels Myrup Kristensen, Vinnie Nrskov\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367670269, 978-0367670269\nSynopsis\nClassical 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.\n\nArguing 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 ]