The ancient Near East is the area of investigation of Oriental studies, where the sun of antiquity rises, connecting our West and the great civilisations that arose east of the Mediterranean Sea. This definition is a sign of a fluid relationship that brings us closer to the East, whose antiquity is commonly understood as pre-classical, that is, preceding that of Greek and Roman cultures. The proximity and precedence of the civilisations located where the sun rises (from the Latin verb oriri) compared to the classical world have been interpreted differently over the centuries and have formed those paradigms of political thought that interpret the relationship as different depending on historical circumstances, in some cases as integrated and complementary (East and West), more often as contrary and opposed (East versus West) and recently as organic but ambiguous (East, West).
Il Vicino Oriente antico è l’area d’indagine delle scienze orientalistiche Oriri, dove sorge il sole dell’antichità che lega il nostro occidente e le grandi civiltà sorte ad est del Mar Mediterraneo. Questa definizione è il segno di una relazione fluida che ci avvicina all’Oriente la cui antichità è comunemente intesa come preclassica, ovvero come precedente a quella delle culture greca e romana. La prossimità e la precedenza delle civiltà poste dove sorge il sole (dal verbo latino oriri) al mondo classico sono state diversamente interpretate nel corso dei secoli e hanno formato quei paradigmi del pensiero politico che leggono il rapporto come diversificato a seconda delle circostanze storiche, in alcuni casi come integrato e complementare (Oriente e Occidente), più spesso come contrario ed opposto (Oriente vs Occidente), recentemente come organico, ma ambiguo (Oriente, Occidente).
Introduzione. Orientamenti, distanze e divergenze / Ramazzotti, Marco. - (2025), pp. 1-14.
Introduzione. Orientamenti, distanze e divergenze
Marco Ramazzotti
Writing – Review & Editing
2025
Abstract
The ancient Near East is the area of investigation of Oriental studies, where the sun of antiquity rises, connecting our West and the great civilisations that arose east of the Mediterranean Sea. This definition is a sign of a fluid relationship that brings us closer to the East, whose antiquity is commonly understood as pre-classical, that is, preceding that of Greek and Roman cultures. The proximity and precedence of the civilisations located where the sun rises (from the Latin verb oriri) compared to the classical world have been interpreted differently over the centuries and have formed those paradigms of political thought that interpret the relationship as different depending on historical circumstances, in some cases as integrated and complementary (East and West), more often as contrary and opposed (East versus West) and recently as organic but ambiguous (East, West).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


