RHETOR 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Ecumene
16 Apr 2017
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Prime function of the term barbarian was to distinguish between the. The observed themselves did not attempt to come up with a self observers and the others definition - it was assumed that they are simply all that the barbarians are not. The term was unstable, as it was applied to many different groups. One thing in common for all usages was the implication of. For greeks, there was a close association between intelligible speech. Thus the ability to use language and the ability to form civil societies were the things that distinguished man from other animals (barbarians fail in both aspects) Thus in greeks" eyes, the barbarians were denied their humanity. De-humanisation is perhaps, the simplest method of dealing with all that is culturally unfamiliar . For europeans, amerindians and africans seems the worst, defective members of their own species.
