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ISBN: PB: 9780984201075

University of Chicago Press, Prickly Paradigm Press

January 2021

82 pp.

17.7x11.4 cm

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Jean-Pierre Vernant

From the Maquis to the Polis

Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914-2007) was one of most important intellectual figures of modern France, well-known for his structuralist approach to Greek myth and tragedy. Taking the form of an interview with the notoriously private French classicist and anthropologist, this volume relates the story of Vernant's remarkable career, revealing deep continuities across his life and intellectual work. During his time at university, Vernant became involved with the Communist party. In the 1940s, he joined the French Resistance, serving first as a soldier and, later, as the pseudonymous "Colonel Berthier" in charge of forces in the Haut-Garonne. After the war, Vernant had a distinguished academic career, capped by a prestigious professorship at the College de France. With an insightful preface by renowned historian Francois Hartog, this volume composed in Vernant's own words makes clear the continuity of the themes of warfare and political change across his work, including a fascination with Achilles and the concept of the heroic death, offering insight as well into his important cultural influences.

About the Author

Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914-2007) was a French classicist and anthropologist, specializing in ancient Greece. He is the author or co-author of many books, including "The Origins of Greek Thought and Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece".