The Mirror of Herodotus-轻识

Herodotus's great work is not only an account of the momentous historical conflict between the Greeks and the Persians but also the earliest sustained exploration in the West of the problem of cultural difference. François Hartog asks fundamental questions about how Herodotus represented this difference. How did he and his readers understand the customs and beliefs of those who were not Greek? How did the historian convince his readers that his account of other peoples was reliable? How is it possible to comprehend a way of life radically different from one's own? What are the linguistic, rhetorical, and philosophical means by which Herodotus fashions his text into a mirror of the marginal and unknown? In answering these questions, Hartog transforms our understanding of the "father of history." His Herodotus is less the chronicler of a victorious Greece than a brilliant writer in pursuit of otherness.

弗朗索瓦·阿赫托戈(Fran?ois Hartog)

法国历史学家，年鉴学派“新史学”代表人物。1946年生，法国高等社会科学研究院(EHESS)历史学教授，任古典和现代历史文献学教席，同时也是路易·谢赫耐古代社会比较研究中心和历史研究中心(CRH)的成员、世界权威历史学术期刊《年鉴》杂志的十五人学术委员会成员。1997年，弗朗索瓦·阿赫托戈成为历史学家协会的六十名初始成员之一。

弗朗索瓦·阿赫托戈(Fran?ois Hartog)

阿赫托戈深受法国人类学家克洛德·列维-斯特劳斯(Claude Lévi-Strauss)和德国史学家莱因哈特·科泽勒克(Reinhart Koselleck)的影响。他始终关心的问题包括：关于文化边界和他者的思考、时间和时间观念的流变、古代史和对古代历史的使用。他的思维方式和写作方式常常是跳跃式的，从不局限于单一的历史时期和地域，而是在时空中穿梭和捕捉流变。其主要作品有《历史性的体制——当下主义与时间经验》《出发去希腊》《希罗多德的镜子》《灯塔工的值班室》《古代人，现代人，野蛮人》《尤利西斯的记忆：古希腊的边界叙事》《历史的证据》等。