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Generierungs- und Austauschprozesse von Wissen spielen in der mediterranen und europaischen Kultur- und Religionsgeschichte eine herausragende Rolle. Vor allem Meister-Junger- und Lehrer-Schuler-Beziehungen sind in diesem Zusammenhang bedeutend. Dieser Band mit…
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Der von Ovid erzahlte Mythos von Narcissus, der sich in sein Spiegelbild verliebt, hat von der Antike an eine ausserordentliche Wirkungsgeschichte gehabt. Dieser Band stellt in zehn Studien die Rezeption…
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Almut-Barbara Renger
Marchen oder Mythos? Worin liegt der Unterschied? Die Autorin untersucht Texte von der Antike bis ins 20. Jahrhundert, z. B. Kafka und Benjamin, und grenzt Marchen und Mythos als zwei…
The reader will learn a lot from this collection of essays, beautifully edited […] Jakob Fink, University of Copenhagen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2013.04.57) Thema der Beitrage sind intentionale Praktiken…
Receptions of Greek and Roman Antiquity in East Asia broadens the scope of the Western Classical tradition by offering pionering insights (of leading scholars from Europe, East Asia, and North…
This volume reinvigorates the field of Classical Reception by investigating present-day culture, society, and politics, particularly gender, gender roles, and filmic constructions of masculinity and femininity which shape and are…
Using case examples extending from the 2nd century to the present, the study typologically classifies religious structures of succession and examines the dissemination of knowledge associated with them. The geographical…
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Drawing from the disciplines of religious studies, archaeology, history, philology, and anthropology, New Antiquities explores a diversity of cultic and geographic milieus, ranging from Goddess Spirituality to Neo-Gnosticism, from rural…
Revealing the narrative of Oedipus and the Sphinx to be the very paradigm of a key transition experienced by all of humankind, the author situates myth between the competing claims…
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Offers a study about the Socratic-Platonic conception of a good life, and an analytical study on self-knowledge, self-determination, and moral motivation. The author also presents a theory of self-knowledge, self-determination…
