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RE-AIR: Conversations: A Long and Storied History of Sparta, Modern Misuse & Misconception w/ Stephen Hodkinson

2025/1/31
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Stephen Hodkinson: 我研究斯巴达的历史,从古代斯巴达社会和经济到现代社会对斯巴达的运用。我的研究包括斯巴达在不同时期和不同地点的运用,特别是现代社会如何利用斯巴达,以及极右翼对斯巴达的利用。在冷战时期,斯巴达常被用来比作苏联,这与美国政府的政策有关。2010年代初期,极右翼团体开始利用斯巴达的形象,这与《300勇士》电影和奥巴马当选总统有关。“Molon Labe”这个短语被枪支游说团体利用,并被极右翼团体进一步利用。2016年总统竞选期间,特朗普的支持者利用《300勇士》中的图像来宣传特朗普的竞选活动。特朗普总统任期内,极右翼利用斯巴达的象征来煽动针对左翼反对者的暴力行为。对斯巴达的军事化解读由来已久,这与对斯巴达的理想化和负面看法有关。美国开国元勋们否决了斯巴达作为其新联邦共和国的模式。19世纪60年代,“军国主义”的概念出现后,斯巴达与普鲁士、俄国等国家一起,被贴上了军国主义的标签。纳粹利用斯巴达作为其意识形态的榜样,甚至认为自己是斯巴达人的后裔。在英国思想中,对斯巴达奴隶制的认识在18世纪后期发生了变化,这与对奴隶制本身日益增长的厌恶有关。色诺芬的著作对斯巴达的日常生活提供了不同的视角,这与普鲁塔克的描述形成对比。斯巴达人的日常生活不仅包括军事训练,还包括经济和社会事务。斯巴达人口的减少部分是由于土地日益集中和较贫穷的斯巴达人失去公民权。斯巴达的婚姻习俗,例如一妻多夫制,是为了减轻继承制度带来的危险。 Liv: 我对斯巴达的历史和现代误用很感兴趣,特别是极右翼对斯巴达的利用。我关注的是斯巴达的真实历史和现代的误解。我希望通过我的节目来纠正这些误解,并揭示斯巴达的真实面目。斯巴达的独特之处在于其社会结构和制度,以及其与其他希腊城邦的差异。斯巴达的衰落与土地集中和公民资格的丧失有关。斯巴达的婚姻习俗反映了其独特的社会经济结构。

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This episode originally aired in January 2023. (Note: we'll return to new episodes very soon, there's been some behind the scenes changes and loads of recordings we're perfecting, stay tuned!)

Liv speaks with Stephen Hodkinson, expert in all things Sparta. They discuss Sparta throughout history including its use in politics from the founding of the USA to Nazi Germany to modern day misuses of Spartan culture and history. Read more about Sparta and the Capitol insurrection (and so much more Sparta content!) here.) Read the book, Classical Controversies, for free here). Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!)

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

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