Le Kaleidoscope herodoteen
Images, imaginaire et representations de l'Egypte a travers le livre II d'Herodote
by Typhaine Haziza
Paperback (Out of print)
(October 2009)
ISBN: 9782251326702
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Un regard captivant et novateur sur Herodote (480-420 av. J.-C.), le pere de l’Histoire
English summary: Considered by some to be the earliest work of history, and by others as a jumble of fables, Herodotus’ The Histories [also known as The Inquiries] is first and foremost a vast space dedicated to freedom of speech: the author’s speech as well as that of his informants, whose nature constitutes an essential part of the enigma. Was this traveller from Halicarnassus well-informed? Did he, or his informants, willingly or not, alter reality? And even if they did, does that mean that his testimony would no longer be of any interest to contemporary historians? In addressing these diverse questions and many others, this study seeks to help readers to no longer view the stories in the Second Book of Herodotus’ Histories – the one devoted to Egypt – as so many potential testimonia of realia, but as keys to unlock the mindsets, representations and the imaginary of the various creative communities (Egyptian as well as Greek, scholarly or popular) of these logoi which, like a kaleidoscope, can produce an infinite combination of images. French description: Premiere oeuvre historique pour les uns, fatras de fables pour les autres, l’Enquete d’Herodote est avant tout un vaste espace libre de la parole: parole de l’auteur, mais aussi et surtout celle de ses informateurs, dont la nature constitue une part essentielle de l’enigme herodoteenne. Le voyageur d’Halicarnasse etait-il bien renseigne? A-t-il ? ou ses informateurs ont-ils ?, volontairement ou non, transforme la realite? Et, quand bien meme cela serait le cas, est-ce a dire que son temoignage n’aurait plus aucun interet pour les historiens d’aujourd’hui? A travers ces differentes questions et beaucoup d’autres, cette etude se propose d’apprehender les recits contenus dans le livre II de l’Enquete, consacre a l’Egypte, non plus seulement comme de possibles testimonia des realia, mais comme autant de clefs pour acceder aux mentalites, aux representations et a l’imaginaire des differentes communautes creatrices (tant egyptiennes que grecques, tant savantes que populaires) de ces logoi qui, tel un kaleidoscope, peuvent produire d’infinies combinaisons d’images. Typhaine Haziza, agregee d’histoire et docteur de l’Universite Paris IV Sorbonne, est maitre de conferences d’Histoire ancienne a l’Universite de Caen – Basse-Normandie. Elle est membre de l’equipe de recherches du CRAHAM. Ses recherches actuelles portent sur l’imaginaire et les representations, les motifs de contes antiques et l’Egypte greco-romaine.
INTRODUCTION
Partie I - LE MILIEU NATUREL : ENTRE DESCRIPTION RAISONNEE ET RECONSTRUCTION SYMBOLIQUEChapitre I - La geographie egyptienne d'Herodote : un projet de description rationnelChapitre II - L'apprehension du Nil : chocs et complementarite des logiquesChapitre III - L'intrusion de l'imaginaire
Partie II - L'APPROCHE ETHNOGRAPHIQUE DE L'EGYPTE : DE L'AUTRE COTE DU MIROIRChapitre IV - La societe egyptienne et ses activites professionnelles : entre regard grec et realites egyptiennesChapitre V - La famille et la place de la femmeChapitre VI - Approches de la vie quotidienne et des croyances egyptienne
CONCLUSION
- By (author) Typhaine Haziza
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