1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBE600200065892

Autore

Sorell, Tom

Titolo

Hobbes / Tom Sorell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986

Descrizione fisica

XII, 163 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

The arguments of the philosophers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910768386003321

Autore

Biłos Piotr

Titolo

Sienkiewicz dans le temps et dans l’espace / / Maria Delaperrière

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Eur’Orbem Éditions, 2021

ISBN

979-1-0969-8226-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BujnickiTadeusz

DelaperrièreMaria

FiszerStanisław

FiutAleksander

Furman-BouvardMarie

GlogerMaciej

KoziołekRyszard

MasłowskiMichel

MokranowskaZdzisława

Siatkowska-CallebatKinga

SienkiewiczHenryk

SztachelskaJolanta

TomaszewskiMarek

VandenborreKatia

ZahorskiWitold

ZiejkaFranciszek

Soggetti

Literature (General)

correspondance



journal intime

écriture diaristique

corrida

Mickiewicz Adam

correspondence

Poland

Polish literature

travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Le succès universel de Quo vadis ? a quelque peu figé l’image de son auteur, Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) et occulté la richesse et la diversité de son œuvre. Les auteurs de Sienkiewicz, voyageur dans le temps et dans l’espace, armés des outils de la critique contemporaine, en nuancent et approfondissent la portée ; ils n’oublient pas l’aventure de l’homme Sienkiewicz qui, tout en étant de son temps et de son milieu, sut s’affranchir des contraintes.  Avec beaucoup de liberté, ce nouvel homo viator infatigable, sillonna en effet Amérique, Europe, Afrique... Attentif au comportement de l’individu et à l’organisation de la société dans des pays « lointains », il observe, imagine, médite, raconte. Ses voyages d’un continent ou d’une époque à l’autre témoignent, dans la description des faits comme dans les emportements romanesques, d’une authentique empathie pour tout ce qui est humain. On découvre aussi que l’ironie, si présente dans les textes de Sienkiewicz, est plutôt une défense devant l’irrésistible et angoissant mouvement de l’Histoire.  Le lecteur rencontrera ainsi le témoin d’une époque où le désenchantement du monde commence à se déployer et il pourra suivre les confrontations de Sienkiewicz avec ses contemporains, Zola notamment ; il sera également surpris par le parallèle esquissé entre l’écrivain polonais et le romancier Houellebecq… Voyages multiples dans le temps, l’espace, les civilisations.  Le volume est accompagné de larges extraits des Lettres de voyage en Amérique traduits en français.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783190303321

Autore

Williams Michael A

Titolo

Rethinking "Gnosticism" : an argument for dismantling a dubious category / / Michael Allen Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1996

ISBN

1-4008-0853-7

9786612753190

1-282-75319-3

1-4008-2221-1

1-4008-1383-2

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 pages)

Disciplina

299/.932

Soggetti

Gnosticism

Rome Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-327) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. What Kind of Thing Do Scholars Mean by "Gnosticism"?. A LOOK AT FOUR CASES -- CHAPTER TWO. "Gnosticism" as a Category -- CHAPTER THREE. Protest Exegesis? or Hermeneutical Problem-Solving? -- CHAPTER FOUR. Parasites? or Innovators? -- CHAPTER FIVE. Anticosmic World-Rejection? or Sociocultural Accommodation? -- CHAPTER SIX. Hatred of the Body? or the Perfection of the Human? -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Asceticism . . . ? -- CHAPTER EIGHT . . . or Libertinism? -- CHAPTER NINE. Deterministic Elitism? or Inclusive Theories of Conversion? -- CHAPTER TEN. Where They Came From . . . -- CHAPTER ELEVEN . . . and What They Left Behind -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- MODERN WORKS CITED -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Most anyone interested in such topics as creation mythology, Jungian theory, or the idea of "secret teachings" in ancient Judaism and Christianity has found "gnosticism" compelling. Yet the term "gnosticism," which often connotes a single rebellious movement against the prevailing religions of late antiquity, gives the false



impression of a monolithic religious phenomenon. Here Michael Williams challenges the validity of the widely invoked category of ancient "gnosticism" and the ways it has been described. Presenting such famous writings and movements as the Apocryphon of John and Valentinian Christianity, Williams uncovers the similarities and differences among some major traditions widely categorized as gnostic. He provides an eloquent, systematic argument for a more accurate way to discuss these interpretive approaches. The modern construct "gnosticism" is not justified by any ancient self-definition, and many of the most commonly cited religious features that supposedly define gnosticism phenomenologically turn out to be questionable. Exploring the sample sets of "gnostic" teachings, Williams refutes generalizations concerning asceticism and libertinism, attitudes toward the body and the created world, and alleged features of protest, parasitism, and elitism. He sketches a fresh model for understanding ancient innovations on more "mainstream" Judaism and Christianity, a model that is informed by modern research on dynamics in new religious movements and is freed from the false stereotypes from which the category "gnosticism" has been constructed.