Public Disputation, Power, and Social Order in Late Antiquity (eBook)

Richard Lim (Autor)

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2024
302 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-37838-4 (ISBN)

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Richard Lim explores the importance of verbal disputation in Late Antiquity, offering a rich socio-historical and cultural examination of the philosophical and theological controversies. He shows how public disputation changed with the advent of Christianity from a means of discovering truth and self-identification to a form of social competition and "winning over" an opponent. He demonstrates how the reception and practice of public debate, like other forms of competition in Late Antiquity, were closely tied to underlying notions of authority, community and social order. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1995.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.6.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Schlagworte: Ancient history • antiquities archaeology • authority • Christianity • Classical Studies • Community • cultural examination • Historical • History • Hospitalization • Late Antiquity • philosophical controversies • Political History • Political Science • Public Debate • public disputation • Religion • Retrospective • rhetoric • Self identification • social competition • Social Order • socio historical examination • Sociology • theological controversies • Theology • Truth • verbal disputation
• ISBN-10: 0-520-37838-5 / 0520378385
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-37838-4 / 9780520378384