Martin Bentz and Patrick Zeidler (eds.)
The concept of ‘otherness’ or ‘othering’ has been a prominent topic in
sociology and anthropolo-gy in the last decades. It has also recently
been examined in historical disciplines, particularly with regard to
pre-modern times, and taken from philological, historical, and visual
studies perspec-tives. In the past, however, most of these studies on
‘otherness’ and similar phenomena, such as (social) inequality,
dependency, and inclusion/exclusion, focused on specific regions,
cultures, and periods. In contrast, the methodological approach used in
this volume, is based on transcul-tural and diachronic comparisons. This
allows us to look at a broad range of images of ‘others’ stemming from
different pre-modern societies (prior to 1800 CE) around the globe and
to com-pare the role of ‘otherness’ and the use of ‘othering’ as a
pictorial strategy in various historical contexts. The volume includes
case studies from Bronze and Iron Age Near East and Egypt, Late Bronze
Age and Archaic-Classical Greece, pre-Roman Italy, Medieval and Early
Modern Europe as well as pre-modern South Asia.
eBook published on:
July 6, 2026
eBook ISBN:
9783112251010
Hardcover published on:
July 6, 2026
Hardcover ISBN:
9783112251003
Front matter:
6
Main content:
290
Illustrations:
86
Tables:
1
Martin Bentz and Patrick Zeidler
Ancient Egypt and Near East
Richard Bußmann and Frederik Rogner
Ancient Greece and Italy
Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Pre-Modern South Asia
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