The shadow of Creusa : negotiating fictionality in Late Antique Latin literature / / Anders Cullhed ; translated by Michael Knight

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815599303321
• Autore: Cullhed Anders
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 3-11-055924-2; 3-11-038836-7; 3-11-031094-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (725 p.)
• Collana: Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, , 1616-0452 ; ; Band 339
• Disciplina: 400
• Soggetti: Fiction - History and criticism; Latin literature - History and criticism
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Preliminary Remarks -- 1. Fictionality: Theoretical Considerations -- 2. Fictionality: Historical Circumstances -- 3. Late Antiquity -- Preliminary Remarks -- 1. At the Window in Ostia -- 2. Recycling the Classics -- 3. The Figures of the Spirit -- 4. In the Heat of the Battle -- 5. “Set me free, O God, from that multitude of speech” -- Preliminary Remarks -- 1. Lactantius: Christian Eloquence -- 2. Servius: The Grammarian’s Gaze -- 3. Macrobius: Narratio fabulosa -- 4. Martianus Capella: A Hopeless Mess -- 5. Fulgentius: Mythographer and Mythoclast -- 6. Boethius: The Maieutics of Consolation -- Preliminary Remarks -- 1. The Foam of Style -- 2. Paulinus and Proba: “A Greater Order” -- 3. Prudentius: Dreams and Demons -- 4. Biblical Epic Poetry: The Orthodoxy of Paraphrase -- Preliminary Remarks -- 1. The Old Dreams -- 2. The New Library -- 3. The Glory of the Mirror -- Appendix: Original Quotations -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Anders Cullhed’s study The Shadow of Creusa explores the early Christian confrontation with pagan culture as a remote anticipation of many later clashes between religious orthodoxy and literary fictionality. After a careful survey of Saint Augustine’s critical attitudes to ancient ; myth and poetry, summarized as a long drawn-out farewell, Cullhed examines other Late Antique dismissals as well as appropriations of the classical heritage. Macrobius, Martianus Capella and Boethius figure among the Late Antique intellectuals who attempted to save or even restore the old mythology by means of allegorical representation. On the other hand, pious poets such as Paulinus of Nola and Bible epic writers such as Iuvencus or Avitus of Vienne turned against pagan lies, and the mighty arch-bishop of Milan, Saint Ambrose, played off unconditional Christian truth against the last Roman strongholds of cultural pluralism. Thus, The Shadow of Creusa elucidates a cultural conflict which was to leave traces all through the Middle Ages and reach down to our present day.

Awkward Powers: Escaping Traditional Great and Middle Power Theory / / edited by Gabriele Abbondanza, Thomas Stow Wilkins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910743368603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022
• ISBN: 9789811603693; 9811603693; 9789811603709; 9811603707
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2022.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 pages)
• Collana: Global Political Transitions, , 2522-8749
• Disciplina: 327.112
• Soggetti: International relations; Security, International; International Relations Theory; Foreign Policy; International Security Studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Case for Awkward Powers -- Part ; 2: Awkward Great Powers -- Chapter 2. The Odd Axis: Germany, Italy, and Japan as Awkward Great Powers -- Chapter 3. India: An Awkward Great Power? -- Chapter 4. A liminal and transitional awkward power: Brazil betwixt the great and middle powers -- Part 3: Awkward Middle Powers -- Chapter 5. Thailand as an Awkward Middle Power -- Chapter 6. Middle power awkwardness? Indonesia's norm entrepreneurship in ASEAN -- Chapter 7. Malaysia as an Awkward Middle Power -- Chapter 8. The Equivocal Power of South Africa -- Chapter 9. Between a regional hegemon and a middle power: Is Nigeria an awkward middle power? -- Chapter 10.The Normative Awkwardness of Pakistan -- Chapter 11. Neither This Nor That: Understanding North Korea via Role Theory -- Chapter 12. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Rentier Middle Power in Pursuit of Global Leadership of the Islamic Community -- Chapter 13. Awkward and Peculiar: On Israel Flying Above its Designated Positional Pigeonhole -- Chapter 14. Singapore as an awkward "little red dot": between the small and middle power status -- Chapter 15. Belgium: The capacities of a middle power, but the ambitions of a small power? -- Part 4: Conclusion -- Chapter 16.What makes an awkward power? Recurrent patterns and defining characteristics. .
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Awkward Powers' is an innovative and impressive book written by leading scholars in the field. It assists with our understanding of the changing nature and role of middle powers at a time of considerable upheaval in the international system. - Dr. David Walton, Western Sydney University, Australia This wonderfully provocative collection of essays is a welcome contribution to an International Relations discipline still obsessed with big powers. It highlights how smaller states are now variously intervening in regional and global affairs. The book confirms that their "awkwardness" can no longer be ignored. - Dr. Allan Patience, The University of Melbourne, Australia This book introduces the editors' new concept of "Awkward Powers". By undertaking a critical re-examination of the state of International Relations theorising on the changing nature of the global power hierarchy, it draws attention to a number of countries that fit awkwardly into existing but outdated categories such as "great power" and "middle power". It argues that conceptual categories pertaining to the apex of the international hierarchy have become increasingly unsatisfactory, and that new approaches focusing on such "Awkward Powers" can both rectify shortcomings on power theorising whilst shining a much-needed theoretical spotlight on significant but understudied states. The book's contributors examine a broad range of empirical case studies, including both established and rising powers across a global scale to illustrate our conceptual claims. Through such a novel process, we argue that a better appreciation of the de facto international power hierarchy in the 21st century can be achieved. Gabriele Abbondanza, PhD, is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney. He specialises in Australian and Italian foreign and security policy; national power, and regional, middle, and great power theory. Thomas Wilkins, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in International Security in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, and a Senior Fellow (Non-Resident) at the Japan Institute for International Affairs. He has published widely on International Relations theory and Asia-Pacific security issues. .