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Μύθος και σκέψη στην αρχαία Ελλάδα

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Salué dès sa parution en 1965 comme un événement majeur, ce recueil de textes de Jean-Pierre Vernant, aujourd'hui professeur honoraire au Collège de France, a été régulièrement réimprimé et traduit en plusieurs langues. Vite devenu un classique, cet ouvrage, enrichi de nouveaux textes, montre à l'oeuvre l'originale méthode de l'auteur. « Nos études, précise-t-il dans la préface à l'édition de 1985, ont pour matière les documents sur lesquels travaillent les spécialistes, hellénistes et historiens de l'Antiquité. Notre perspective, cependant, est autre. Qu'il s'agisse de faits religieux (mythes, rituels, représentations figurées), de philosophie, de science, d'art, d'institutions sociales, de faits techniques et économiques, toujours nous les considérons en tant qu'oeuvres créées par des hommes, comme expression d'une activité mentale organisée. À travers ces oeuvres, nous recherchons ce qu'a été l'homme lui-même, cet homme grec ancien qu'on ne peut séparer du cadre social et culturel dont il est à la fois le créateur et le produit. »

385 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1975

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Jean-Pierre Vernant

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Jean-Pierre Vernant was a French historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth, tragedy, and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars. He was an honorary professor at the Collège de France.

Born in Provins, France, Vernant at first studied philosophy, receiving his agrégation in this field in 1937.

A member of the Young Communists (Jeunes Communistes), Vernant joined the French Resistance during World War II and was a member of Libération-sud (founded by Emmanuel d'Astier). He later commanded the French Interior Forces (FFI) in Haute-Garonne under the pseudonym of "Colonel Berthier." He was a Companion of the Liberation. After the war, he remained a member of the French Communist Party until 1969.

He entered the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in 1948 and, under the influence of Louis Gernet, turned to the study of ancient Greek anthropology. Ten years later, he became director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). In 1971 he was professor in the University of São Paulo. This visit was also an act of protest that he made with François Châtelet against the brazilian military government (dictatorship).

He was a member of the French sponsorship committee for the Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. He supported the funding organisation Non-Violence XXI.

He was awarded the CNRS gold medal in 1984. In 2002, he received an honorary doctorate at the University of Crete.

Vernant died a few days after his 93rd birthday in Sèvres.

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