Mensch und Tier in der Antike
Grenzziehung und Grenzüberschreitung
Edited by Annetta Alexandridis Edited by Markus Wild Edited by Lorenz Winkler-Horacek
Hardback (Published)
(January 2009)
ISBN: 9783895005831
6.69 x 9.45 inches
Price: $87.00
On back order
These conference proceedings explore the encounter of human and animal nature from a philological, historical and archaeological perspective in areas such as the body, myth, religion and cult, politics and philosophy. Ancient texts and images present a broad variety of approaches to the question of how, if at all, to define the boundaries between both species. At the same time it becomes evident, how strongly the conception of both humans and animals were shaped by anthropomorphism, so that a distinction between both is in the end impossible.
English summary: These conference proceedings explore the encounter of human and animal nature from a philological, historical and archaeological perspective in areas such as the body, myth, religion and cult, politics and philosophy. Ancient texts and images present a broad variety of approaches to the question of how, if at all, to define the boundaries between both species. At the same time it becomes evident, how strongly the conception of both humans and animals were shaped by anthropomorphism, so that a distinction between both is in the end impossible. German description: Dieser Kongressband untersucht aus philologischer, historischer und archaologischer Perspektive verschiedene Bereiche der Antike, in denen Mensch und Tier, oder auch menschliche und tierische Naturen, aufeinandertreffen. Antike Texte und Bilder aus Religion und Kult, Mythos, Politik und Philosophie zeigen ein weites Spektrum an Moglichkeiten, wie die Grenzen zwischen Mensch und Tier gezogen oder aber auch aufgelost werden konnen. Die Vorstellungen, die sich in Sprache, Texten und Bildern manifestierten, sind allerdings so stark von Anthropomorphismus gepragt, dass eine konzeptionelle Trennung von Mensch und Tier kaum moglich ist.
- Edited by Annetta Alexandridis
- Edited by Markus Wild
- Edited by Lorenz Winkler-Horacek
"The 25 chapters are based on papers presented at a conference and investigate how the line between man and beast was drawn and redrawn, investigated, challenged and occasionally crossed in a number of ancient texts and contexts [...] [This volume] illustrates how the question of the animal resonates beyond the confines of the philosophical debate." Julia Kindt, University of SydneyIn: Journal of Hellenic Studies 137 (2017) 213-225
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„The 25 chapters are based on papers presented at a conference and investigate how the line between man and beast was drawn and redrawn, investigated, challenged and occasionally crossed in a number of ancient texts and contexts [...] [This volume] illustrates how the question of the animal resonates beyond the confines of the philosophical debate.“<br/><br/>Von: Julia Kindt, University of Sydney<br/>In: Journal of Hellenic Studies 137 (2017) 213-225<br/><br/>------------------------------------------------------<br/>„The present book originated in a symposium held at the University of Rostock, Germany, in 2005. Subject is the relationship between man and animal in antiquity, a theme explored in 25 papers. Typical subjects discussed are: Plato, Aristotle, Aristophanes, and the Stoics on animals; hunting practices; animal sacrifice; animal imagery in political writings; imaginary animals; hybrid beings that combine animal and human traits; the Egyptian veneration of animals (or deities in animal form); animals in ancient art. [...] [T]his is a good scholarly resource, to be praised for the English abstract that accompanies each papaer.”<br/><br/>In: International Review of Biblical Studies. 56 (2009) 10. No. 1383<br/>
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