Dreaming and historical consciousness in island Greece / Charles Stewart.
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TextSeries: Cultural politics, socioaesthetics, beginningsPublication details: Cambrdige, Massachusetts : Department of the Classics, Harvard University, 2012.Description: xviii, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780983532224 (hbk.)
- 0983532222 (hbk.)
- 949.5
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index.
"What constitutes a history? Is this term to be restricted to the words of recognized historians? Or can information about the past gained through dreams, spirit possession rituals, or dancing performances also count as histories? Instead of dismissing such productions as "myth" or "religion," Charles Stewart, drawing on his fieldwork on the Aegean island of Naxos, contends in Dreaming and Historical Consciousness in Island Greece that our definition of history must be widened. This move is crucial ina global setting where alternative historical practices require appreciation as systems of thought rather than refection as inferior types of knowledge."--