History of the Classical World - Book Project

古典世界史 - 图书项目

• 批准号: 289663110
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Martin Jehne
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Professur für Alte Geschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2015-12-31 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/289663110?language=en
• 关键词: History; Classical; World; Book; Project

My aim is to write a comprehensive history of the classical world ranging from ca. 800 BC to ca. 650 AD. While this timeframe and the emphasis on Greco-Roman culture is itself not unconventional, my line of argumentation offers a new approach to the ancient world by focussing on the unusual extent of participation not only within the Homeric Society, the Athenian Democracy or the Roman Republic, but also in the Roman Empire, where imperial rule was characterized by a broad diversity of participatory rituals. Using participation as a key for understanding the Classical world, my study pays tribute to the fact that most decisions were made in public and works with two analytical tools: the limits of discourse and the rhetoric of the public spirit. Looking at forms of communication in the public sphere, for example, provides us with far better insights into the political culture as the focus on political rights alone. With the distinction between what-can-be-said (das Sagbare) and what-can-be-done (das Machbare), one can highlight to what extent firstly rhetoric and then, secondly, actions were shaped and indeed limited by the rules of the discourse, which made it impossible to announce anything in public without claiming to do so in the interest of all. And notwithstanding that these allusions to the common good often only camouflaged personal and partisan interests, it is the repercussion of this rhetorical setting which mattered more than is commonly taken into account: expectations shaped what could be said, and what was said limited what could be done. While my focus on participation certainly does not mean to marginalize other important aspects, it works well as a leitmotiv, allowing me to arrange the otherwise vast material for understanding the ancient world while at the same time shedding new light on a crucial aspect for both ancient and modern times. The 12 months leave from my duties as a professor, which is the central part of the application, is sought in order to allow for the time needed to write the major part of the book.

我的目的是撰写从Ca的综合历史。公元前800年至ca。公元650年。尽管这个时间表和对希腊罗马文化的重视本身并不是非常规的，但我的论证线通过重点关注不仅在荷马社会，雅典民主或罗马共和国中的异常参与的范围来为古代世界提供了新的方法，而且在罗马帝国中，而且在罗马帝国中，而且在帝国统治中，帝国统治是由广泛的参与性的特征来表征的。我的研究将参与作为理解古典世界的关键，向大多数决定都是在公共场合做出的，并使用两种分析工具：话语的局限性和公共精神的言论。例如，在公共领域的沟通形式，为我们提供了对政治文化的更好见解，因为他们仅关注政治权利。有了什么can be-beaed（das sagbare）和什么can-be-be-be-be-be-be-done（das machbare）之间的区别，人们可以在多大程度上强调何种程度，然后是在多大程度上进行言辞，其次，行动受到了话语规则的影响，并确实受到了话语规则的限制，这使得不可能在公众的情况下不愿意为此而宣布任何事情都无法为此而兴趣。而且，尽管这些对共同利益的典故通常只有伪装的个人和党派利益，但这种修辞环境的影响比通常考虑的要重要的是：期望塑造了可以说的话，而所说的话有限。尽管我对参与的关注肯定并不意味着要边缘化其他重要方面，但它可以很好地作为leitmotiv，使我能够安排原本庞大的材料来理解古代世界，同时又在古代和现代的关键方面散发出了新的光芒。我从我作为教授的职责（这是申请的中心部分）的12个月起飞，以便允许写这本书的主要部分所需的时间。