This article proposes for consideration a meditation which is half ironical, half melancholic on the way our appreciation criteria of monstrosity and barbarity vary, using examples from the history of the Western world and of the Far East.
CLIL theme: 4028 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes de littérature comparée
ISBN:978-2-406-09444-9
EAN:9782406094449
ISSN: 2286-136X
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09444-9.p.0029
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 07-03-2019
Periodicity: Biannual
Language: French
Keyword: Barbarian, wizard, accountant, Caillois, Japanese