The book investigates, in the ancient Greek world, the conceptual division into "We" and "the Others" (and the connected ways of thinking about the foreigner), the relationships between the first group and the second (with particular attention to the experiences of nonviolent management of such relationships), the right of citizenship and, more generally, coexistence in a multicultural society. The first chapter deals with the theme of hospitality: in the Homeric world, welcoming the aristocratic foreigner, but also the beggar, is presented not as an act of individual charity but as a real institution under the aegis of divinity. Later, in the structure of the polis, hospitality becomes, in the form of proxenia, a political and civil practice. The second chapter presents the ideologies of purity that are imposed in Greece from the fifth century. B.C. on. The inferiorization of the Others coagulates around a series of semantic polarities: We Greeks vs. Their Barbarians, We Civilians vs. They Savages, We Citizens vs. Their Subdivisions. At the same time, the great myth of autochthony was born, based on the idea of ​​the mother-earth, which legitimizes the idea of ​​the natural superiority of natives over foreigners. The third chapter analyzes the forms of ancient racism, which is based on an ambiguity: in fact, if on the one hand the dominant ideology requires that the meteco be in its place, on the other, democracy agrees to renounce the principle of founded citizenship. on jus sanguinis whenever Realpolitik's utilitarian considerations impose it. Finally, the fourth chapter shows how the Greeks themselves, in particular the philosophers, had demystified the current ideologies of civic purity and cites examples of peaceful management of ethnic conflicts within poleis, as well as the novelties brought by Christians both in thought (for example , the notion of spiritual citizenship which replaces that of political citizenship) and in practice (an example for all, the invention of the "reception centers" of Basilio di Cesarea). In the new edition, in addition to having been enriched several chapters, the last paragraph concerning the relationship between religions in the Greek world has been added ex novo, at the request of today's interreligious problems.

l libro indaga, nel mondo greco antico, la divisione concettuale in “Noi” e “gli Altri” (e i connessi modi di pensare lo straniero), i rapporti tra il primo gruppo e il secondo (con particolare attenzione alle esperienze di gestione nonviolenta di tali rapporti), il diritto di cittadinanza e, più in generale, la convivenza in una società multiculturale. Il primo capitolo affronta il tema dell’ospitalità: nel mondo omerico l’accoglienza dello straniero aristocratico, ma anche del mendicante, si presenta non come un atto di carità individuale ma come una vera e propria istituzione sotto l’egida della divinità. Più tardi, nella struttura della polis, l’ospitalità diviene, nella forma della proxenia, una pratica politica e civile. Il secondo capitolo presenta le ideologie della purezza che si impongono in Grecia dal V sec. a.C. in poi. L’inferiorizzazione degli Altri si coagula intorno a una serie di polarità semantiche: Noi Greci vs. Loro Barbari, Noi Civili vs. Loro Selvaggi, Noi Cittadini vs. Loro Sudditi. Nasce al contempo il grande mito dell’autoctonia, fondato sull’idea della terra-madre, che legittima l’idea della superiorità naturale degli indigeni rispetto agli stranieri. Il terzo capitolo analizza le forme del razzismo antico, che si basa su un’ambiguità: infatti, se per un verso l’ideologia dominante richiede che il meteco stia al suo posto, per un altro la democrazia accetta di rinunciare al principio della cittadinanza fondata sullo jus sanguinis tutte le volte che considerazioni utilitaristiche di Realpolitik lo impongono. Il quarto capitolo infine mostra come i Greci stessi, in particolare i filosofi, avessero demistificato le ideologie correnti della purezza civica e cita esempi di gestione pacifica di conflitti etnici all’interno di poleis, nonché le novità apportate dai cristiani sia nel pensiero (ad esempio, la nozione di cittadinanza spirituale che si sostituisce a quella di cittadinanza politica) sia nelle pratiche (un esempio per tutti, l’invenzione dei “centri di accoglienza” di Basilio di Cesarea). Nella nuova edizione, oltre ad essere stati arrichiti diversi capitoli, è stato aggiunto ex novo, su sollecitazione degli odierni problemi interreligiosi, l'ultimo paragrafo, relativo al rapporto trra religioni nel mondo greco.

Cozzo A (2020). Stranieri. Figure dell'Altro nella Grecia antica. Trapani : Di Girolamo.

Stranieri. Figure dell'Altro nella Grecia antica

Cozzo A
2020-01-01

Abstract

The book investigates, in the ancient Greek world, the conceptual division into "We" and "the Others" (and the connected ways of thinking about the foreigner), the relationships between the first group and the second (with particular attention to the experiences of nonviolent management of such relationships), the right of citizenship and, more generally, coexistence in a multicultural society. The first chapter deals with the theme of hospitality: in the Homeric world, welcoming the aristocratic foreigner, but also the beggar, is presented not as an act of individual charity but as a real institution under the aegis of divinity. Later, in the structure of the polis, hospitality becomes, in the form of proxenia, a political and civil practice. The second chapter presents the ideologies of purity that are imposed in Greece from the fifth century. B.C. on. The inferiorization of the Others coagulates around a series of semantic polarities: We Greeks vs. Their Barbarians, We Civilians vs. They Savages, We Citizens vs. Their Subdivisions. At the same time, the great myth of autochthony was born, based on the idea of ​​the mother-earth, which legitimizes the idea of ​​the natural superiority of natives over foreigners. The third chapter analyzes the forms of ancient racism, which is based on an ambiguity: in fact, if on the one hand the dominant ideology requires that the meteco be in its place, on the other, democracy agrees to renounce the principle of founded citizenship. on jus sanguinis whenever Realpolitik's utilitarian considerations impose it. Finally, the fourth chapter shows how the Greeks themselves, in particular the philosophers, had demystified the current ideologies of civic purity and cites examples of peaceful management of ethnic conflicts within poleis, as well as the novelties brought by Christians both in thought (for example , the notion of spiritual citizenship which replaces that of political citizenship) and in practice (an example for all, the invention of the "reception centers" of Basilio di Cesarea). In the new edition, in addition to having been enriched several chapters, the last paragraph concerning the relationship between religions in the Greek world has been added ex novo, at the request of today's interreligious problems.
2020
Settore L-FIL-LET/02 - Lingua E Letteratura Greca
978-88-97050-78-0
Cozzo A (2020). Stranieri. Figure dell'Altro nella Grecia antica. Trapani : Di Girolamo.
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