Whose Paradigm?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23470731 |
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| Authors | Tim Whitmarsh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Dirty Love (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780199742653.003.0016 |
| OpenAlex | W4254984903 |
| ISBN | 9780199742653 |
| Language | EN |
Alexander the Great was a symbol of Hellenism; but he was also, quite independently, a symbol of imperial autocracy across cultures. This chapter explores the ways in which figures of absolute power like Alexander, and his precedent Cyrus, operate both within and beyond specific cultural traditions.
Absolute (philosophy) · Autocracy · Democracy · Epistemology · Linguistics · Physics · Political science · Power (physics) · Sociology · Symbol (formal) · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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