Religious Discourse In Attic Oratory And Politics

Author : Andreas Serafim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351335416

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Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics by Andreas Serafim Pdf

The book offers a critical investigation of a wide range of features of religious discourse in the transmitted forensic, symbouleutic and epideictic orations of the Ten Attic Orators, a body of 151 speeches which represents the mature flourishing of the ancient art of public speaking and persuasion. Serafim focuses on how the intersections between such religious discourse and the political, legal and civic institutions of classical Athens help to shed new light on polis identity-building and the construction of an imagined community in three institutional contexts – the law court, the Assembly and the Boulē: a community that unites its members and defines the ways in which they make decisions. After a full-scale survey of the persistently and recurrently used features of religious discourse in Attic oratory, he contextualizes and explains the use of specific patterns of religious discourse in specific oratorical contexts, examining the means or restrictions that these contexts generate for the speaker. In doing so, he explores the cognitive/emotional and physical/sensory reactions of the speaker and the audience when religious stimuli are provided in orations, and how this contributes to the construction of civic and political identity in classical Athens. Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics will be of interest to anyone working on classical Athens, particularly its legal institutions, on ancient rhetoric, and ancient Greek religion and politics.

Author : Sophia Papaioannou,Andreas Serafim,Kyriakos Demetriou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110699708

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Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome by Sophia Papaioannou,Andreas Serafim,Kyriakos Demetriou Pdf

It is perhaps a truism to note that ancient religion and rhetoric were closely intertwined in Greek and Roman antiquity. Religion is embedded in socio-political, legal and cultural institutions and structures, while also being influenced, or even determined, by them. Rhetoric is used to address the divine, to invoke the gods, to talk about the sacred, to express piety and to articulate, refer to, recite or explain the meaning of hymns, oaths, prayers, oracles and other religious matters and processes. The 13 contributions to this volume explore themes and topics that most succinctly describe the firm interrelation between religion and rhetoric mostly in, but not exclusively focused on, Greek and Roman antiquity, offering new, interdisciplinary insights into a great variety of aspects, from identity construction and performance to legal/political practices and a broad analytical approach to transcultural ritualistic customs. The volume also offers perceptive insights into oriental (i.e. Egyptian magic) texts and Christian literature.

Author : Sophia Papaioannou,Andreas Serafim
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110735536

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Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory by Sophia Papaioannou,Andreas Serafim Pdf

This volume acknowledges the centrality of comic invective in a range of oratorical institutions (especially forensic and symbouleutic), and aspires to enhance the knowledge and understanding of how this technique is used in such con-texts of both Greek and Roman oratory. Despite the important scholarly work that has been done in discussing the patterns of using invective in Greek and Roman texts and contexts, there are still notable gaps in our knowledge of the issue. The introduction to, and the twelve chapters of, this volume address some understudied multi-genre and interdisciplinary topics: first, the ways in which comic invective in oratory draws on, or has implications for, comedy and other genres, or how these literary genres are influenced by oratorical theory and practice, and by contemporary socio-political circumstances, in articulating comic invective and targeting prominent individuals; second, how comic invective sustains relationships and promotes persuasion through unity and division; third, how it connects with sexuality, the human body and male/female physiology; fourth, what impact generic dichotomies, as, for example, public-private and defence-prosecution, may have upon using comic invective; and fifth, what the limitations in its use are, depending on the codes of honour and decency in ancient Greece and Rome.

Author : Andreas N. Michalopoulos,Andreas Serafim,Flaminia Beneventano della Corte,Alessandro Vatri
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110611168

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The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature by Andreas N. Michalopoulos,Andreas Serafim,Flaminia Beneventano della Corte,Alessandro Vatri Pdf

This volume, comprising 24 essays, aims to contribute to a developing appreciation of the capacity of rhetoric to reinforce affiliation or disaffiliation to groups. To this end, the essays span a variety of ancient literary genres (i.e. oratory, historical and technical prose, drama and poetry) and themes (i.e. audience-speaker, laughter, emotions, language, gender, identity, and religion).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004412552

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The Ancient Art of Persuasion across Genres and Topics by Anonim Pdf

This is an original collection of essays that contribute to a developing appreciation of persuasion across ancient genres (mainly oratory, historiography, poetry) and a wide diversity of interdisciplinary topics (performance, language, style, emotions, gender, argumentation and narrative, politics).

Author : Andreas Markantonatos,Vasileios Liotsakis,Andreas Serafim
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110751970

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Witnesses and Evidence in Ancient Greek Literature by Andreas Markantonatos,Vasileios Liotsakis,Andreas Serafim Pdf

The fact that aspects of witnesses and evidence put them in the centre of the institutional and cultural (e.g. religious, literary) construction of ancient societies indicates that it is important to keep offering nuanced approaches to the topic of this volume. To advance knowledge of the processes of presenting witnesses and gathering, or constructing, evidence is, in fact, to better and more fully understand the ways in which deliberative Athenian democracy functions, what the core elements of political life and civic identity are, and how they relate to the system of using logos to make decisions. For, witnesses and evidence were important prerequisites of getting the Athenian citizenship and exerting the civic/political identity as a member of the community. It is important, therefore, all the matters that relate to information-gathering and decision-making to be examined anew. Emphasis can be placed on a variety of genres to allow scholars recreate the fullest and clearest possible image about the witnessing and evidencing in antiquity. Chapters in this volume include considerations of social, political, literary, and moral theory, alongside studies of the impact of information-gathering and decision-making in oratory and drama, with a steady focus on the application of key ideas and values in social and political justice to issues of pressing ethical concern.

Author : Andreas Serafim,Sophia Papaioannou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783111338880

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Nonverbal Behaviour in Ancient Literature by Andreas Serafim,Sophia Papaioannou Pdf

The volume offers an up-to-date and nuanced study of a multi-thematic topic, expressions of which can be found abundantly in ancient Greek and Latin literature: nonverbal behaviour, i.e., vocalics, kinesics, proxemics, haptics, and chronemics. The individual chapters explore texts from Homer to the 4th century AD to discuss aspects of nonverbal behaviour and how these are linked to, reflect upon, and are informed by general cultural frameworks in ancient Greece and Rome. Material sources are also examined to enhance our knowledge and understanding of the texts.

Author : James C Ford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000925494

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Atheism at the Agora by James C Ford Pdf

This fresh, comprehensive study of ancient Greek atheism aims to dismantle the current consensus that atheism was ‘unthinkable’ in ancient Greece, demonstrating instead that atheism was not only thinkable but inextricably embedded in the Greek religious environment. Through careful analysis of a wide range of source material provided in modern English translation, and drawing on philosophy, theology, sociology, and other disciplines, Ford unpicks a two and a half thousand-year history of marginalisation, clearing the way for a new analysis. He lays out in clear terms the nature and form of ancient Greek atheism as the ancient Greeks conceived of it, through a series of themes and lenses. Topics such as religious socialisation, the interaction of atheist philosophy and theology, identity formation through alterity, and the use of atheism in scapegoating are considered not only in broad terms, using a synthesis of modern scholarship to mark out an overview in line with modern consensus, but also by drawing on the unique perspective of ancient atheism Ford is able to provide innovative theories about a range of subjects. Atheism at the Agora is of interest to students and scholars in Classics, particularly Greek religion and culture, as well as those studying atheism in other historical and contemporary areas, religious studies, philosophy, and theology.

Author : Cathleen Kaveny
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674969384

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Prophecy without Contempt by Cathleen Kaveny Pdf

The culture wars have as much to do with rhetorical style as moral substance. Cathleen Kaveny focuses on a powerful stream of religious discourse in American political speech: the Biblical rhetoric of prophetic indictment. It can be strong medicine against threats to the body politic, she shows, but used injudiciously it does more harm than good.

Author : Christopher B. Chapp
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801465680

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Religious Rhetoric and American Politics by Christopher B. Chapp Pdf

From Reagan's regular invocation of America as "a city on a hill" to Obama's use of spiritual language in describing social policy, religious rhetoric is a regular part of how candidates communicate with voters. Although the Constitution explicitly forbids a religious test as a qualification to public office, many citizens base their decisions about candidates on their expressed religious beliefs and values. In Religious Rhetoric and American Politics, Christopher B. Chapp shows that Americans often make political choices because they identify with a "civil religion," not because they think of themselves as cultural warriors. Chapp examines the role of religious political rhetoric in American elections by analyzing both how political elites use religious language and how voters respond to different expressions of religion in the public sphere. Chapp analyzes the content and context of political speeches and draws on survey data, historical evidence, and controlled experiments to evaluate how citizens respond to religious stumping. Effective religious rhetoric, he finds, is characterized by two factors-emotive cues and invocations of collective identity-and these factors regularly shape the outcomes of American presidential elections and the dynamics of political representation. While we tend to think that certain issues (e.g., abortion) are invoked to appeal to specific religious constituencies who vote solely on such issues, Chapp shows that religious rhetoric is often more encompassing and less issue-specific. He concludes that voter identification with an American civic religion remains a driving force in American elections, despite its potentially divisive undercurrents.

Author : Friedrich Schleiermacher
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664255566

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On Religion by Friedrich Schleiermacher Pdf

On religion is a text that has more than historical interest. The "speeches" themselves provide a compelling defense of religion as an essential component in the lives of intellectually vital, cultured person. Religion, according to Schleiemacher, is the noblest ingredient of an authentic humanity.

Author : Steven D. Smith,Steven Douglas Smith
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674050877

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The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse by Steven D. Smith,Steven Douglas Smith Pdf

"This book presses us to look harder at closely held beliefs and to question deeply rooted premises and commitments with which we are perhaps too comfortable."---Richard W Garnett Noire Dame Law School --

Author : P. Joseph Cahill
Publisher : New York : Crossroad
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039447367

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Mended Speech by P. Joseph Cahill Pdf

Author : ANDREAS. SERAFIM
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1032288582

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Body Behaviour and Identity Construction in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature by ANDREAS. SERAFIM Pdf

This book offers the first systematic, up-to-date, cross-cultural, and detailed study of "semi-volitional bodily behaviour" (sneezing, spitting, coughing, burping, vomiting, defecating, etc.) in the classical world. Examining verse and prose texts, fragments, and scholia from the age of Homer to the second century AD, the central argument put forward in this volume is that semi-volitional bodily acts have the potential to betray individual or collective (ethnic/civic and cultural) identities centred on a variety of different themes. Discussions specifically focus on the following five aspects of the interplay between semi-volitional body language and identity construction: sexuality and gender; the link between sexuality and socioeconomic identity of individuals or groups; the embodied markers of civic/ethnic and cultural collectives and the contrast between "we-ness" and "otherness"; ēthos and emotions; and how dietary habits and illnesses indicate the "somo-psychosocial" identity of individuals or groups. The book offers a comprehensive understanding of representations of the human body in ancient Greece and Rome, while reopening the complex and fascinating discussion about the relationship between intention, mind, body, and identity. This book offers a fascinating study suitable for students and scholars of classics and ancient Greek and Roman history. It is also of interest to those in a variety of other disciplines, including body culture studies, gender and sexuality studies, and performance studies, as well as sociology, anthropology, cognitive medicine, and the history of medicine.

Author : Paul Kevin Meagher,Thomas C. O'Brien,Consuelo Maria Aherne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1262 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39076001190961

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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion by Paul Kevin Meagher,Thomas C. O'Brien,Consuelo Maria Aherne Pdf