audiobook Jews and the Left: The Rise and Fall of a Political Alliance by P. Mendes in History

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This volume casts a fresh look at the multifaceted expressions of diachronic Hellenisms. A distinguished group of historians; classicists; anthropologists; ethnographers; cultural studies; and comparative literature scholars contribute essays exploring the variegated mantles of Greek ethnicity; and the legacy of Greek culture for the ancient and modern Greeks in the homeland and the diaspora; as well as for the ancient Romans and the modern Europeans. Given the scarcity of books on diachronic Hellenism in the English-speaking world; the publication of this volume represents nothing less than a breakthrough. The book provides a valuable forum to reflect on Hellenism; and is certain to generate further academic interest in the topic. The specific contribution of this volume lies in the fact that it problematizes the fluidity of Hellenism and offers a much-needed public dialogue between disparate viewpoints; in the process making a case for the existence and viability of such a polyphony. The chapters in this volume offer a reorientation of the study of Hellenism away from a binary perception to approaches giving priority to fluidity; hybridity; and multi-vocality. The volume also deals with issues of recycling tradition; cultural category; and perceptions of ethnicity. Topics explored range from European Philhellenism to Hellenic Hellenism; from the Athens 2004 Olympics to Greek cinema; from a psychoanalytical engagement with anthropological material to a subtle ethnographic analysis of Greek-American women's material culture. The readership envisaged is both academic and non-specialist; with this aim in mind; all quotations from ancient and modern sources in foreign languages have been translated into English.