The dispersion : a history of the word diaspora / by Stéphane Dufoix.
"In The Dispersion, Stéphane Dufoix skillfully traces how the word 'diaspora', first coined in the third century BCE, has, over the past three decades, developed into a contemporary concept often considered to be ideally suited to grasping the complexities of our current world. Spanning two millenni...
Uniform Title: | Dispersion.
English Brill's specials in modern history ; v. 1. |
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Main Author: | |
Language: | English |
Language of the Original: |
French |
Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2017]
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Series: | Brill's specials in modern history ;
v. 1. |
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Genre: | |
Physical Description: | x, 589 pages : maps, illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
"In The Dispersion, Stéphane Dufoix skillfully traces how the word 'diaspora', first coined in the third century BCE, has, over the past three decades, developed into a contemporary concept often considered to be ideally suited to grasping the complexities of our current world. Spanning two millennia, from the Septuagint to the emergence of Zionism, from early Christianity to the Moravians, from slavery to the defence of the Black cause, from its first scholarly uses to academic ubiquity, from the early negative connotations of the term to its contemporary apotheosis, Stéphane Dufoix explores the historical socio-semantics of a word that, perhaps paradoxically, has entered the vernacular while remaining poorly understood."--Back cover. |
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Note: | Originally published in French under title: La dispersion. |
Call Number: | JV6021 .D8513 2017 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 510-580) and index. |
ISBN: | 9789004326927 9004326928 |
ISSN: | 2468-578X ; |