Monstres et murailles, Alexandre et bicornu, mythes et bon sens

Among the myths that keep cropping up at all times and in all places, the one about the builder of walls defending civilized humanity against the Other, under his most frightening aspects, has always enjoyed great popularity. From the prototype of a legendary Alexander the Great it has gone through...

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Autores principales: Jean-Louis Bacqué-Grammont, François de Polignac, Georges Bohas
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:be38f87c004b4fbcb33ea785c8d63ccc2021-12-02T10:06:34ZMonstres et murailles, Alexandre et bicornu, mythes et bon sens0997-13272105-227110.4000/remmm.275https://doaj.org/article/be38f87c004b4fbcb33ea785c8d63ccc2000-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/remmm/275https://doaj.org/toc/0997-1327https://doaj.org/toc/2105-2271Among the myths that keep cropping up at all times and in all places, the one about the builder of walls defending civilized humanity against the Other, under his most frightening aspects, has always enjoyed great popularity. From the prototype of a legendary Alexander the Great it has gone through various transformations, and has also been kept alive in many of the Islamic literatures.On three different aspects of this inexhaustible field of research, each of the authors has made a brief survey. The result shows quite a few examples of continuities, parallelisms and complex convergences, but there also appear the first signs of an erosion of the myths through the effect of a critical spirit aroused by the Western approach.Jean-Louis Bacqué-GrammontFrançois de PolignacGeorges BohasUniversité de ProvencearticleHistory of AfricaDT1-3415Social sciences (General)H1-99ENFRRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, Vol 89, Pp 109-127 (2000)
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Jean-Louis Bacqué-Grammont
François de Polignac
Georges Bohas
Monstres et murailles, Alexandre et bicornu, mythes et bon sens
description Among the myths that keep cropping up at all times and in all places, the one about the builder of walls defending civilized humanity against the Other, under his most frightening aspects, has always enjoyed great popularity. From the prototype of a legendary Alexander the Great it has gone through various transformations, and has also been kept alive in many of the Islamic literatures.On three different aspects of this inexhaustible field of research, each of the authors has made a brief survey. The result shows quite a few examples of continuities, parallelisms and complex convergences, but there also appear the first signs of an erosion of the myths through the effect of a critical spirit aroused by the Western approach.
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author Jean-Louis Bacqué-Grammont
François de Polignac
Georges Bohas
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Georges Bohas
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title Monstres et murailles, Alexandre et bicornu, mythes et bon sens
title_short Monstres et murailles, Alexandre et bicornu, mythes et bon sens
title_full Monstres et murailles, Alexandre et bicornu, mythes et bon sens
title_fullStr Monstres et murailles, Alexandre et bicornu, mythes et bon sens
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