Conclusion: Postcolonial reflections and the challenge of Global Byzantium

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Abstract

The chapter functions as a kind of summation of all previous discussions and looks at how ‘Byzantine’ globalism was constructed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, demonstrating the sometimes misleading impact that this construction has had up to the present day. Reynolds demonstrates that modern constructions of what is now Israel rely heavily on a mixture of political pragmatism – a by-product of imperial colonialism – and evangelical and fundamentalist Christian rhetoric. This chapter shows the degree to which a global image of Byzantium can undermine traditional images of Byzantine political protagonism.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGlobal Byzantium Papers from the Fiftieth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies
EditorsLeslie Brubaker , Rebecca Darley, Daniel Reynolds
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter19
Number of pages38
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9780429291012
ISBN (Print)9780367260149
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jul 2022

Publication series

NamePublications of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
PublisherSociety for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies

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