Rites Of The Republic

Author : Mark Ingram
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442693791

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Rites of the Republic by Mark Ingram Pdf

In this fascinating exploration of citizenship and the politics of culture in contemporary France, Ingram examines two theatre troupes in Provence: one based in a small town in the rural part of the Vaucluse region, and the other an urban project in Marseille, France's most culturally diverse city. Both troupes are committed to explicitly civic goals in the tradition of citizens' theatre. Focusing on the personal stories of the theatre artists in these two troupes, and the continuities between their narratives, their performances, and the national discourse directed by the Ministry of Culture, Ingram examines the ways in which these artists interpret universalistic ideals underlying both art and the Republic in their theatrical work. In the process he charts the evolution of new models for society and citizenship in a rapidly changing France.

Author : Sean Wilentz
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0812216954

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Rites of Power by Sean Wilentz Pdf

Rites of Power provides a sweeping overview of the symbolism of power from tenth-century France to modern Britain. Approaching their topic from an eclectic range of intellectual traditions, the authors turn the study of politics, social relations, and cultural creation into a single endeavor. The essays begin with three assumptions: that all societies are ordered and governed by "master fictions" (divine right, equality for all) which make political hierarchy appear natural; that political rhetoric includes nonverbal communication (royal portraits, statistics on crop yields); and that common rhetoric can mean different things to various segments of a culture ("states' rights" during the American Civil War). Societies studied include France and Spain in the Middle Ages, post-Revolutionary France, the modern British monarchy, tsarist Russia, colonial Virginia, and industrial Germany. The essays were selected to provide methodological as well as historical coverage; the result is a comprehensive treatment along the cutting edge of several disciplines. This book will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of history, political science, sociology, anthropology, and art history.

Author : W. Warde Fowler
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:4064066214562

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The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic by W. Warde Fowler Pdf

The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic is a book by William Warde Fowler. It serves as an introduction to the study of early Roman religion and the surrounding traditions.

Author : Gregory K. Golden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107067707

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Crisis Management during the Roman Republic by Gregory K. Golden Pdf

'Crisis' is the defining word for our times and it likewise played a key role in defining the scope of government during the Roman Republic. This book is a comprehensive analysis of key incidents in the history of the Republic that can be characterized as crises, and the institutional response mechanisms that were employed by the governing apparatus to resolve them. Concentrating on military and other violent threats to the stability of the governing system, this book highlights both the strengths and weaknesses of the institutional framework that the Romans created. Looking at key historical moments, Gregory K. Golden considers how the Romans defined a crisis and what measures were taken to combat them, including declaring a state of emergency, suspending all non-war-related business, and instituting an emergency military draft, as well as resorting to rule by dictator in the early Republic.

Author : Cicero
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780141970936

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In Defence of the Republic by Cicero Pdf

Cicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, admitted to his grandson that Cicero was: 'an eloquent man, my boy, eloquent and a lover of his country'. This new selection of speeches illustrates Cicero's fierce loyalty to the Roman Republic, giving an overview of his oratory from early victories in the law courts to the height of his political career in the Senate. We see him sway the opinions of the mob and the most powerful men in Rome, in favour of Pompey the Great and against the conspirator Catiline, while The Philippics, considered his finest achievements, contain the thrilling invective delivered against his rival, Mark Antony, which eventually led to Cicero's death.

Author : Texas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:35112203963634

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Laws of the Republic of Texas by Texas Pdf

Author : Mark William Padilla
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 083875418X

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Rites of Passage in Ancient Greece by Mark William Padilla Pdf

This volume reflects on liminality as it relates to initiatory themes in Greek literature and on literary works, especially tragedy, that represent heroes and heroines undergoing rites of passage. Featured works include Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, Euripides' Ion and Iphigenia in Tauris, and Sophocles' Antigone and Women of Trachis.

Author : Marianne Hirsch,Nancy K. Miller
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231521796

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Rites of Return by Marianne Hirsch,Nancy K. Miller Pdf

The first decade of the twenty-first century witnessed a passionate engagement with the losses of the past. Rites of Return examines the effects of this legacy of historical injustice and documented suffering on the politics of the present. Twenty-four writers, historians, literary and cultural critics, anthropologists and sociologists, visual artists, legal scholars, and curators grapple with our contemporary ethical endeavor to redress enduring inequities and retrieve lost histories. Mapping bold and broad-based responses to past injury across Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, Australia, the Middle East, and the United States, Rites of Return examines new technologies of genetic and genealogical research, memoirs about lost family histories, the popularity of roots-seeking journeys, organized trauma tourism at sites of atrocity and new Museums of Conscience, and profound connections between social rites and political and legal rights of return. Contributors include: Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University; Nadia Abu El-Haj, Barnard College; Elazar Barkan, Columbia University; Svetlana Boym, Harvard University; Saidiya Hartman, Columbia University; Amira Hass, journalist; Jarrod Hayes, University of Michigan; Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University; Eva Hoffman, writer; Margaret Homans, Yale University; Rosanne Kennedy, Australian National University; Daniel Mendelsohn, writer; Susan Meiselas, photographer; Nancy K. Miller, CUNY Graduate Center; Alondra Nelson, Columbia University; Jay Prosser, University of Leeds; Liz Sevchenko, Coalition of Museums of Conscience; Leo Spitzer, Dartmouth College; Marita Sturken New York University; Diana Taylor, New York University; Patricia J. Williams, Columbia University

Author : Len Travers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015036065806

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Celebrating the Fourth by Len Travers Pdf

Celebrating the Fourth provides a history of this holiday and explores its role in shaping a national identity and consciousness in three cities - Boston, Charleston, and Philadelphia - during the first fifty years of the American republic. Independence Day celebrations justified, validated, and helped maintain nationalism among people unused to offering political allegiance beyond their own state borders.

Author : Adam FERGUSON (LL.D.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1799
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024503684

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The history of the progress and termination of the Roman Republic by Adam FERGUSON (LL.D.) Pdf

Author : Adam Ferguson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Rome
ISBN : NYPL:33433081550950

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The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic by Adam Ferguson Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39015063692449

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The Far Eastern Republic by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Antisemitism
ISBN : LOC:00102753550

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Antireligious Activities in the Soviet Union and in Eastern Europe by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe Pdf

Investigates activities of the Soviet Union and its allies regarding religious freedom, especially relating to alleged Jewish persecution.

Author : Fritz Graf,Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136750793

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Ritual Texts for the Afterlife by Fritz Graf,Sarah Iles Johnston Pdf

Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to the second century CE, have been part of the scholarly debate on ancient afterlife beliefs since the end of the nineteenth century. Recent finds and analysis of the texts have reshaped our understanding of their purpose and of the perceived afterlife. The tablets belonged to those who had been initiated into the mysteries of Dionysus Bacchius and relied heavily upon myths narrated in poems ascribed to the mythical singer Orpheus. After providing the Greek text and a translation of all the available tablets, the authors analyze their role in the mysteries of Dionysus, and present an outline of the myths concerning the origins of humanity and of the sacred texts that the Greeks ascribed to Orpheus. Related ancient texts are also appended in English translations. Providing the first book-length edition and discussion of these enigmatic texts in English, and their first English translation, this book is essential to the study of ancient Greek religion.

Author : Harold D. Nelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Cameroon
ISBN : UIUC:30112047392870

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Area Handbook for the United Republic of Cameroon by Harold D. Nelson Pdf

General study of Cameroon - covers historical and geographical aspects, demographic aspects and social structures, ethnic groups, languages, living conditions, health, education, culture, the political system, administration of justice, political partys, international relations, communication, the economic structure, public finance, banking, agriculture, industry, trade, transport, defence, etc. Bibliography pp. 299 to 318, maps and statistical tables.