Egon Flaig

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Egon Flaig (born 16 May 1949 in Gronau, Baden-Württemberg) is a German ancient historian and public intellectual, currently Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Rostock. Flaig's research has ranged from ancient Greek and Roman history to world-historical treatments of topics such as slavery and democracy. He has also been an active commentator on issues such as democracy, national identity, and religion, especially as pertaining to his home country. From 1970 to 1976, Flaig studied history and romance languages and cultures in Stuttgart, Berlin, and Paris. He gained a doctorate in 1984, with a thesis on Jacob Burckhardt's Hellenism. After stints teaching in Freiburg, Göttingen, and Paris, Flaig became Professor of Ancient History at the University of Greifswald in 1998, moving to Rostock in 2008 and retiring in 2014. In contrast to the empirical focus of the mainstream of German Altertumswissenschaft, Flaig's work has been called 'theory-oriented.' Important bodies of theory for Flaig include political sociology (especially as practiced by Pierre Bourdieu and Max Weber) and cultural anthropology. The distinctive approach to ancient history resulting from these influences has been described as 'a political anthropology of antiquity.' Flaig has published books on both Greek and Roman culture (for example, on the overthrow of Roman Emperors and on parricide in Athenian tragedy), as well as on later Humanism (especially Giovanni Boccaccio and Jacob Burckhardt). He has also produced a couple of global histories of particular topics. His Weltgeschichte der Sklaverei ('A World History of Slavery') appeared in 2009.