Les Dialectiques de l’ascese

editorial coordination by Brigitte Perez-Jean, assisted by Michel Fourcade

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Extent: 425 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Philosophy, Religious Studies

Series: Rencontres

Series volume number: 18

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(October 2011)

ISBN: 9782812403071

5.94 x 8.62 inches

Price: $48.00

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Hardback (Published)

(July 2025)

ISBN: 9782406189053

5.94 x 8.62 inches

Price: $108.00

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From paganism to Christianity, the notion of asceticism has gone through different linguistic universes, philosophical and theological constructions of the body, devices for legitimizing its practices.


From paganism to Christianity, the notion of asceticism has gone through different linguistic universes, philosophical and theological constructions of the body, devices for legitimizing its practices.

  • Editorial coordination by Brigitte Perez-Jean
  • Assisted by Michel Fourcade
  • Assisted by Pierre-Yves Kirschleger
  • Assisted by Sabine Luciani