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The Way of Being
The success of Western powers in the Modern era has enabled the Western civilizational perspective and its self-understanding to present itself to the rest of the world, not as one perspective among others, but as the universal and definitive human perspective and as the culmination of the world’s intellectual and spiritual development according to principles supposedly objective and self-evident. The hegemony of this civilizational perspective makes it imperative that the basic elements of the Western paradigm of thought referenced by Western geopolitical power as the source of its legitimacy be grasped and critiqued. This book, using as its basis a relatively standard sequence of works seen as comprising the ‘Western Canon’, seeks to provide the foundation for such awareness, both to appreciate the wisdom in this intensely contested tradition as well as recognizing its hazards.
Phoinix
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Imperial Identities in the Roman World
This volume, rather than concentrating on politics and imperial administration, studies the manifold ways in which people were ritually engaged in producing, consuming, organising and worshipping that fitted the changing realities of empire, focusing on how individuals and groups tried to do things 'the right way', the Greco-Roman imperial way. Given the deep cultural entrenchment of ritualistic practices, an imperial identity firmly grounded in such practices might well have been instrumental not just to the long-lasting stability of the Roman imperial order but also to the persistency of its ideals well into post-Roman times.
Estátuas na religião romana
Este volume reúne nove estudos sobre estátuas de divindades no Mediterrâneo romano, considerando-as como produtos históricos caracterizados pela plasticidade e pelo dinamismo de suas formas e significados. Linguagens visuais, elementos iconográficos, concepções espaciais, modos de comportamento, ações e performance que criavam o divino, bem como construções intelectuais, narrativas e conhecimentos que tornavam presentes os seres divinos são temas que compõem esta coletânea de contribuições de uma equipe interdisciplinar e internacional.
Rome
First edition published by Oxford University, 2012.
Dynamics of Religion
Religious ideas, practices, discourses, institutions, and social expressions are in constant flux. This volume addresses the internal and external dynamics, interactions between individuals, religious communities, and local as well as global society. The contributions concentrate on four areas: 1. Contemporary religion in the public sphere: The Tactics of (In)visibility among Religious Communities in Europe; Religion Intersecting De-nationalization and Re-nationalization in Post-Apartheid South Africa; 2. Religious transformations: Forms of Religious Communities in Global Society; Political Contributions of Ancestral Cosmologies and the Decolonization of Religious Beliefs; Esoteric Tradition as Poetic Invention; 3. Focus on the individual: Religion and Life Trajectories of Islamists; Angels, Animals and Religious Change in Antiquity and Today; Gaining Access to the Radically Unfamiliar in Today’s Religion; Religion between Individuals and Collectives; 4. Narrating religion: Entangled Knowledge Cultures and the Creation of Religions in Mongolia and Europe; Global Intellectual History and the Dynamics of Religion; On Representing Judaism.
Novos Olhares para os Antigos: visões da Antiguidade no mundo contemporâneo
Novos Olhares sobre os Antigos é uma coletânea de textos inéditos sobre os mais diversos aspectos da Antiguidade. O ponto de partida é: como olhamos para o mundo antigo na contemporaneidade? Passando pelos mais diversos temas, desde Teatro, Quadrinhos e História Afro-asiática, esse livro se propõe ser uma fonte enriquecedora de informações e debates.
O Artesanato da Produção Acadêmica
Este livro, O "artesanato da Produção Acadêmica": a trajetória da antropóloga Heloisa Fénelon, é resultado de uma tese de múltiplos valores. É original na medida em que constrói uma trama articulando a vida privada da artista-antropóloga e o conhecimento que ela produziu. Crenivaldo Veloso faz uma belíssima história social da antropologia brasileira, contando a história de uma mulher que, corajosa, partiu sozinha para o trabalho de campo. Heloisa Fénelon era artista, tornou-se antropóloga e saiu em busca da arte indígena, especificamente, a arte dos Karajás, que faziam (e fazem) famosas e expressivas bonecas. Em campo, constatou que as mulheres eram as artistas e com elas e...
Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity
Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its historical readership. These recovery-oriented beliefs and behaviors promoted positive religious coping strategies that revolved around a sense of safety, re-establishing community relationships, an integrated sense of self, and a hopeful story beyond trauma. This book vividly demonstrates that hagiographies played a vital therapeutic role in helping early Christian trauma survivors recover and flourish in the aftermath of disastrous persecutions.
