Forced migration in the classical world: Plutarch and the social construction of identity / Migraciones forzosas en el mundo clásico: Plutarco y la construcción social de la identidad

• Main Author: Pedro A. García-Bilbao
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Asociacion Castellano-Manchega de Sociologia (ACMS) 2012-10-01
• Series: Barataria : Revista Castellano-Manchega de Ciencias Sociales
• Subjects: Plutarco; forced migration; exile; sociology; precursors; classical world man
• Online Access: https://revistabarataria.es/web/index.php/rb/article/view/109

In classical Greco-Roman world there were two forms of forced migration very important: ostracism and banishment. The Latin author Plutarch wrote a play about exile in which he outlines a theory of social construction of identity and homeland. Reflects on the need to learn the classical world to better understand contemporary processes of forced migration and his human impact.