Storia controfattuale e great men in Erodoto e Tucidide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22065415 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elisabetta Bianco (University of Turin) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Erga-Logoi Rivista di storia letteratura diritto e culture dell antichità (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2280-9678 • E-ISSN: 2282-3212 |
| Publisher | Led Edizioni Universitarie (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.7358/erga-2021-001-bian |
| OpenAlex | W3178358455 |
| Language | IT |
| References cited | 13 |
Thinking about the role of great men in virtual history of contemporary age, in this paper we intend to conduct an analysis of this theme starting from some significant texts of Herodotus and Thucydides, to evaluate the existence of a recourse to counterfactual reasoning in connection with the role of the individual also in Greek historiography. It emerges that counterfactuals, used perhaps not always intentionally, but, in any case, as a powerful narrative tool, help to define causal relationships and to highlight the important factors, moral and political responsibilities, including above all the ability of the leader to take reasonable decisions. The story of the past as it could have been, or, in other words, counterfactual history and not just real history, could thus encourage readers to reflect in a more engaging way than through the historical account alone, judging more actively the behaviour of great men of the past and learning from their decisions, both correct and incorrect
Art · Counterfactual conditional · Counterfactual thinking · Epistemology · Historiography · Literature · Narrative · Narrative history · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Virtual history
Probabilities, Hypotheticals, and Counterfactuals in Ancient Greek Thought
Chance and Intelligence in Thucydides
Futures Real and Unreal in Greek Historiography
Historical Agency and the ‘Great Man' in Classical Greece
Hindsight in Greek and Roman History
Experience and Teleology in Ancient Historiography
More than true
Herodotus' Encomium of Athens
A Roman tradition of Alexander the Great counterfactual history
What If? Modality and History
Why Do We Ask "What If?" Reflections on the Function of Alternate History
Whither "What If" History
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |