O selvagem e a História. Heródoto e a questão do Outro

Authors

  • Klaas Woortmann Universidade de Brasília; Departamento de Antropologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012000000100002

Keywords:

sava, Greek thou, hist, Scy, Herodo, particu, ev, mythol, barbari

Abstract

The paper focuses on the limits imposed to the understanding of alterity in Greek thought by its theory of history and by the opposition between epistème and doxa. The failure to appreciate the particular, the event in its own meaning, also imposed limits to the development of an ethnographic perspective. In this context, the paper examines the meaning of the category "savage" (or wild man) in Greek thought with special reference to the role played by Scytes in Herodotus' History.

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Published

2000-01-01

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2000)

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How to Cite

Woortmann, K. (2000). O selvagem e a História. Heródoto e a questão do Outro. Revista De Antropologia, 43(1), 13-59. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012000000100002