Classical Heritage and European Identities - 9781138317505

Taylor & Francis

Classical Heritage and European IdentitiesThe Imagined Geographies of Danish Classicism\nAuthor(s): L?rke Maria Andersen Funder, Troels Myrup Kristensen, Vinnie N?rskov\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138317505, 978-1138317505\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.