Description:
Bilingual (French-Greek) edition. Soft cover, 20 cm, 304 pp. ISBN: 978-960-9538-29-9."There is no civilization without memory, there is no society without ruins", recalls Alain Schnapp. From ancient Egypt to China, through the peoples of Mesopotamia and the Greco-Roman world, the author explores the variety of uses of material remains of antiquity and compares their share in the development of memory strategies.
Table des matières:
Georges Tolias, Avant-propos
Alain Schnapp, Une histoire comparee des ruines est-elle possible?
Le sens des Ruines
L'Orient ancien l'invention du passe
L'antiquite classique face aux ruines
Un passe apprivoise? La chine ancienne et medievale
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