CLA232H1 Lecture : Introduction
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They often defined themselves as what/who they weren"t. Learning about what made a non-greek helps us understand what is was to be a. greeks saw themselves as masculine and non-greeks as feminine. The greeks also defined themselves against the gods to think not about what made them superior (as with barbarians and women) but what gave them limitations. also used slaves, animals to think about their identity. so, we will be looking at these others" through greek eyes in order to define the. It is important to remember that we"re looking at the others" through greek eyes, not through their own eyes. The same should be remembered when looking at women looking at them through male eyes. we will also look at the consequences of these assumptions (seeing women as irrational would result in greeks not wanting irrational beings voting/taking part in politics, for example: alterity: the relationship between the self" and other".
