ISBN:
9781139207300
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 293 Seiten)
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
Greek culture in the Roman world
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Eshleman, Kendra, 1973 - The social world of intellectuals in the Roman Empire
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Eshleman, Kendra, 1973 - The social world of intellectuals in the Roman Empire
DDC:
305.5520937
Keywords:
Group identity Rome
;
Identity (Philosophical concept) History
;
To 1500
;
Philosophers Rome
;
Christians Rome
;
Social structure Rome
;
Social networks Rome
;
Sophists (Greek philosophy)
;
Second Sophistic movement
;
Sophists (Greek philosophy)
;
Second Sophistic movement
;
Group identity
;
Identity (Philosophical concept) History To 1500
;
Philosophers
;
Christians
;
Social structure
;
Social networks
;
Social networks ; Rome
;
Social structure ; Rome
;
Group identity ; Rome
;
Identity (Philosophical concept) ; History ; To 1500
;
Sophists (Greek philosophy)
;
Second Sophistic movement
;
Philosophers ; Rome
;
Christians ; Rome
;
Rome ; Intellectual life
;
Rome Intellectual life
;
Rome Intellectual life
;
Social networks
;
Rome
;
Social structure
;
Rome
;
Group identity
;
Rome
;
Identity (Philosophical concept)
;
History
;
To 1500
;
Sophists (Greek philosophy)
;
Second Sophistic movement
;
Philosophers
;
Rome
;
Christians
;
Rome
;
Rome
;
Intellectual life
;
Römisches Reich
;
Intellektueller
;
Geistesleben
;
Sozialstruktur
;
Sophistik
;
Christentum
Abstract:
This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire. Membership in each category was established and evaluated socially as well as discursively. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communion to construction of the group's history, integration into the social fabric of the community served as both an index of identity and a medium through which contests over status and authority were conducted. The juxtaposition of patterns of belonging in Second Sophistic and early Christian circles reveals a shared repertoire of technologies of self-definition, authorization and institutionalization and shows how each group manipulated and adapted those strategies to its own needs. This approach provides a more rounded view of the Second Sophistic and places the early Christian formation of 'orthodoxy' in a fresh context
Abstract:
This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire. Membership in each category was established and evaluated socially as well as discursively. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communion to construction of the group's history, integration into the social fabric of the community served as both an index of identity and a medium through which contests over status and authority were conducted. The juxtaposition of patterns of belonging in Second Sophistic and early Christian circles reveals a shared repertoire of technologies of self-definition, authorization and institutionalization and shows how each group manipulated and adapted those strategies to its own needs. This approach provides a more rounded view of the Second Sophistic and places the early Christian formation of 'orthodoxy' in a fresh context.
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139207300
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