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Hellenic

Politics and culture of ancient Greece

Vanya Lozanova

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Year of Publication: 2012

Cover Type: Hard

Category: Balkan Studies

Edition: First Edition

Pages: 268

Format: 7x10x1.6

Language: Bulgarian

Summary

The book is the first part of a scientific trilogy dedicated to the most remarkable aspects of ancient Greek civilization. It is an attempt at a modern reading of some topics and issues from ancient antiquity, respectively from Hellenic civilization, in a broader Balkan context and especially in the dynamics of relations with its Balkan neighbors – the Thracians and other Paleo-Balkan tribes. With the name Hellenics (“On Greek things/deeds”), ancient authors often titled their works dedicated to Hellenic antiquities. The title itself suggests that the effort is aimed at moving away from the formal chronological approach to ancient Hellenic history, towards the problematization and systematization of modern scientific achievements in the interdisciplinary interpretation of this vast and vast material. The modern scientific-essayistic approach has been introduced, which seeks above all the discussion discourse regarding the most current aspects of the politics and culture of Ancient Greece. The emphasis is placed on the reading of ancient sources and their modern understanding/interpretation. The integration of the modern Bulgarian reader into the contemporary European spiritual context goes through the recognition and perception of the achievements of ancient thinking and culture-behavior and their integration into his own cultural model. The book, we hope, will arouse the interest of both broad academic circles, students and teachers of ancient history and culture, cultural studies, political science and philosophy, journalism, arts, as well as all readers with profound interests in this area of historical knowledge and the latest achievements of modern science of antiquity.

Аbout The Author

• Vanya Lozanova: Vanya Borislavova Lozanova – Stancheva graduated from Sofia University ‘St Kliment Ohridski’ with a degree in Ancient and Medieval History. She did a second degree in Bulgarian Philology and a postgraduate specialization course in History and Theory of Culture at the Sofia University Department of Classical Philology. For many years she has taught Ancient History and Thracian Studies, Ancient Cultural Heritage and Cultural Tourism, History of Theatre, Ancient Mystery Religions at Sofia University ‘St Kliment Ohridski’, the South-West Uinversity ‘Neofit Rilski’, Varna Free University ‘Chernorizets Hrabar’, and Plovdiv University ‘Paisii Hilendarski’. Vanya Borislavova Lozanova – Stancheva has specialized at many famous foreign universities and research centres: the Classical Philology Seminar at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Department of Philosophy and History (Greece) and The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), the Classical Philology Seminar at Saarland University in Saarbrücken (Germany), the Institute for Balkan Studies in Thessaloniki (Greece), the Classical Philology Seminar at Heidelberg University (Germany), The Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies at Ohio State University (the USA). Vanya Lozanova – Stancheva is a professor of Ancient History and Thracian Studies at the BAS Balkan Studies Institute with Thracian Studies Centre ‘Prof. Alexander Fol’, Sofia. She is the author of six monographs and a large number of scientific and popular science articles in prestigious Bulgarian and international publications.