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Record Nr.

UNINA9910305559503321

Autore

Sandywell Barry

Titolo

The beginnings of European theorizing--reflexivity in the Archaic age / / Barry Sandywell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-85354-8

1-280-13781-9

0-203-42479-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

Logological investigations ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

301/.01

Soggetti

Sociology - Philosophy

Reflection (Philosophy)

Europe Civilization

Greece Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-409) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: towards a sociological poetics; MYTHOPOIESIS: THE PRAXIS OF MYTH; HOMERIC EPIC REFLEXIVITY: SELF AND SELF-REFLEXIVITY IN THE ILIAD AND ODYSSEY; HESIOD AND THE BIRTH OF THE GODS; LYRIC REFLEXIVITIES; PINDAR AND THE AGE OF LITERARY CONSCIOUSNESS; ORPHISM: ORPHIC DISCOURSE DURING THE ARCHAIC PERIOD; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

In Volume One Barry Sandywell outlined and defended a central place for reflexivity in the human sciences.  In this second equally outstanding volume, he reconstructs the origins of ""European"" reflection.