The Ideology of Classicism

Language, History, and Identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus

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ID9296757
AuthorsNicolas Wiater (0000-0001-9264-9357, corresponding author)
Year2011
Pages395
Publication date2011-06-08
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe ideology of classicism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/9783110259117
OpenAlexW573187797
Open LibraryOL25032502M
ISBN9783110259117
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LanguageEN
Citations received42

So far, the critical writings of Dionysius of Halicarnassus have mainly attracted interest from historians of ancient linguistics. The Ideology of Classicism proposes a novel approach to Dionysius'oeuvre as a whole by providing the first systematic studyof Greek classicism from theperspective of cultural identity. Drawing on cultural anthropology and Social Identity Theory, Wiater explores the world-view bound up with classicist criticism. Only from within this ideological framework can we understand why Greek and Roman intellectuals in Augustan Rome strove to speak and write like Demosthenes, Lysias, and Isocrates. Topics addressed by this study include Dionysius' view of the classical past; mimesis and the aesthetics of reading; language and identity; Dionysius' view of the Romans, their power and the role of Greek culture within it; Greek classicism and the contemporary controversy about Roman identity among Roman intellectuals; the self-image as Greek intellectuals in the Roman empire of Dionysius andhis addressees; the dialogic design of Dionysius' essays and how it implements a sense of elitism and distinction; Dionysius' attitudes towards communities competing with him for leadership in rhetorical education and criticism, such as the Peripatetics and Stoics

Aesthetics · Art · Classicism · Dialogic · Identity (music · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Law · Philosophy · Criticism and interpretation · Dionysius of Halicarnassus · Dionysius, of halicarnassus · Greece · History

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