Representations of the Eastern Antiquity and the greco roman world in the rioplatense intellectuals from the late XIX century

Abstract

The present article has as a main aim to inquire in the use that the argentinian intellectuals from the late XIX century made of the representations of the eastern antiquity. These representations had an identity perspective with clear negative characteristics which mark a counterpoint with the references and appreciations of the greco roman antiquity understood as desirables and constituent of the argentinian national identity. Here, we support the hypothesis that such writers were immersed in a cultural matrix with deep eurocentric, estern and christian roots that were expressed in the different representations that they made in their works regarding the Eastern Antiquity and the classical cultures of the greco roman world. In order to study this, we will use primary and secondary sources that allow us to inquire in the discourse of the intellectuals of the XIX century, such as Miguel Cane, Lucio Vicente Lopez, Eduardo Wilde, Jose Maria Ramos Mejia and Ernesto Quesada.