Cantitate/Preț
Produs

'Reading' Greek Death: To the End of the Classical Period

Autor Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 iun 1996
The author sheds new light on aspects of the beliefs, attitudes, and rituals surrounding death in ancient Greece from the Minoan and Mycenean period to the end of the classical age. She draws on different types of evidence - from literary texts to burial customs, inscriptions, and images in art - to explore the fragmentary and problematic evidence for the reconstruction of attitudes towards, and the beliefs and practices pertaining to death and the afterlife.The book is also a sophisticated critique of the methodologies appropriate for interpreting the evidence for ancient beliefs. Insights from athropology and other disciplines help to inform the reconstruction of these beliefs and to minimize the intrustion of culturally determined assumptions which reflect modern thinking rather than ancient realities.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 59492 lei

Preț vechi: 86453 lei
-31% Nou

Puncte Express: 892

Preț estimativ în valută:
11392 12322$ 9493£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 30 noiembrie-06 decembrie

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198150695
ISBN-10: 0198150695
Pagini: 512
Ilustrații: 8 pp plates
Dimensiuni: 138 x 218 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Recenzii

Her strength lies in her honesty; Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood is more explicit about her methodology than perhaps any other current writer on the ancient world, and her plea to the reader, to "invest the effort" needed to acknowledge the complexity of the issues of social and cultural change under discussion should be heeded.
The author is well-informed and provides valuable insights in some areas. ... a fund of useful references.
An interesting book.