ancient civilization
ancient people
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cognitive science
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historical knowledge
historical thought
history of epistemology
history of science
history of theology
history of thought
imperial courts
intellectual history
knowing in ancient civilization
knowledge
late antiquity
nature of cognition
philosophical medicine
political history
post structuralism
post structuralist theory
problems of knowledge
social history
theories of knowledge
Product details
- ISBN 9780520277175
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 May 2015
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In this collection of essays, scholars from a range of disciplines explore the activity of knowing in late antiquity by focusing on thirteen major concepts from the intellectual, social, political, and cultural history of the period. They ask two questions about each of these concepts: what did late ancient people know about them, and how was that knowledge expressed in people's actions? Late Ancient Knowing integrates intellectual history, post-structuralist literary theory, and recent trends in cognitive science to examine the ways that historical thought-worlds both shaped individual lives and were in turn shaped by the actions of individuals. Each chapter treats its main concept as a problem both of knowledge and of practice or behavior. The result is a richly imagined description of how people of this time understood and navigated their world, from travel through the countryside and encounters with demons to philosophical medicine and the etiquette of imperial courts.
Catherine M. Chin is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis and author of Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World. Moulie Vidas is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University and author of Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud.
