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Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire
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Sprache: Englisch

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The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not just political, economic and military: Rome was also the hub of a vast information network, drawing in worldwide expertise and refashioning it for its own purposes. This groundbreaking collection of essays considers the dialogue between technical literature and imperial society, drawing on, developing and critiquing a range of modern cultural theories (including those of Michel Foucault and Edward Said). How was knowledge shaped into textual forms, and how did those forms encode relationships between emperor and subjects, theory and practice, Roman and Greek, centre and periphery? Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire will be required reading for those concerned with the intellectual and cultural history of the Roman Empire, and its lasting legacy in the medieval world and beyond.
The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not just political, economic and military: Rome was also the hub of a vast information network, drawing in worldwide expertise and refashioning it for its own purposes. This groundbreaking collection of essays considers the dialogue between technical literature and imperial society, drawing on, developing and critiquing a range of modern cultural theories (including those of Michel Foucault and Edward Said). How was knowledge shaped into textual forms, and how did those forms encode relationships between emperor and subjects, theory and practice, Roman and Greek, centre and periphery? Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire will be required reading for those concerned with the intellectual and cultural history of the Roman Empire, and its lasting legacy in the medieval world and beyond.
Zusammenfassung
The Roman Empire depended not just upon political, military or economic control, but also upon information management. Engaging with modern cultural theorists (such as Foucault and Said), this volume considers how the huge body of Roman technical literature - so influential upon medieval and later societies - debates relationships between the emperor and his subjects, and between imperial centre and periphery. Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire will be required reading for those concerned with the intellectual and cultural history of the Roman Empire, and its lasting legacy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Introduction: 1. Ordering knowledge Jason König and Tim Whitmarsh; Part II. Knowledge and Textual Order: 2. Fragmentation and coherence in Plutarch's Quaestiones Convivales Jason König; 3. Galen and Athenaeus in the Hellenistic library John Wilkins; 4. Guides to the wor(l)d Andrew Riggsby; 5. Petronius' lessons in learning - the hard way Victoria Rimell; 6. Diogenes Laërtius, biographer of philosophy James Warren; 7. The creation of Isidore's Etymologies or Origins John Henderson; Part III. Knowledge and Social Order: 8. Knowledge and power in Frontinus' On Aqueducts Alice König; 9. Measures for an emperor: Volusius Maecianus' monetary pamphlet for Marcus Aurelius Serafina Cuomo; 10. Probing the entrails of the universe: astrology as bodily knowledge in Manilius' Astronomica Thomas Habinek; 11. Galen's imperial order of knowledge Rebecca Flemming.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780521859691
ISBN-10: 0521859697
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Redaktion: Whitmarsh, Tim
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 157 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Tim Whitmarsh
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.01.2015
Gewicht: 0,674 kg
Artikel-ID: 102038660
Zusammenfassung
The Roman Empire depended not just upon political, military or economic control, but also upon information management. Engaging with modern cultural theorists (such as Foucault and Said), this volume considers how the huge body of Roman technical literature - so influential upon medieval and later societies - debates relationships between the emperor and his subjects, and between imperial centre and periphery. Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire will be required reading for those concerned with the intellectual and cultural history of the Roman Empire, and its lasting legacy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Introduction: 1. Ordering knowledge Jason König and Tim Whitmarsh; Part II. Knowledge and Textual Order: 2. Fragmentation and coherence in Plutarch's Quaestiones Convivales Jason König; 3. Galen and Athenaeus in the Hellenistic library John Wilkins; 4. Guides to the wor(l)d Andrew Riggsby; 5. Petronius' lessons in learning - the hard way Victoria Rimell; 6. Diogenes Laërtius, biographer of philosophy James Warren; 7. The creation of Isidore's Etymologies or Origins John Henderson; Part III. Knowledge and Social Order: 8. Knowledge and power in Frontinus' On Aqueducts Alice König; 9. Measures for an emperor: Volusius Maecianus' monetary pamphlet for Marcus Aurelius Serafina Cuomo; 10. Probing the entrails of the universe: astrology as bodily knowledge in Manilius' Astronomica Thomas Habinek; 11. Galen's imperial order of knowledge Rebecca Flemming.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780521859691
ISBN-10: 0521859697
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Redaktion: Whitmarsh, Tim
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 157 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Tim Whitmarsh
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.01.2015
Gewicht: 0,674 kg
Artikel-ID: 102038660
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