1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996320839503316

Titolo

Paideia at play : learning and wit in Apuleius / / edited by Werner Riess

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Groningen : , : Barkhuis Publishing : , : Groningen University Library, , 2008

ISBN

94-91431-46-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Ancient narrative. Supplementum, , 1568-3540 ; ; 11

Soggetti

Second Sophistic movement

Education, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume presents a collection of revised versions of papers originally read at the international conference "Apuleius and the second sophistic : an orator at play," which took place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on March 23-25, 2007"--P. [vii].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-280) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The sophist at play in court : Apuleius' Apology and his literary career / Stephen J. Harrison -- Legal strategy and learned display in Apuleius' Apology / James B. Rives -- Apuleius Socrates Africanus? : Apuleius' defensive play / Werner Reiss -- Homer in Apuleius' Apology / Vincent Hunink -- The "riches" of poverty : literary games with poetry in Apuleius' Luas Paupertatis (Apology 18) / Thomas D. McCreight -- Eloquentia ludens : Apuleius' Apology and the cheerful side of standing trial / Stefan Tilg -- Centaus solis fabulis : a symposiastic reading of Apuleius' novel / Maaike Zimmerman -- A festival of laughter : Lucius, Milo and Isis playing the game of Hospitium / Robert E. Vander Poppen -- Social commentary in the Metamorphoses : Apuleius' play with satire / Elizabeth M. Greene -- Playing with elegy : tales of lovers in books 1 and 2 of Apuleius' Metamorphoses / Amanda G. Mathis -- Vigilans somniabar : some narrative uses of dreams in Apuleius' Metamorphoses / David P.C. Carlisle -- Apuleian Ecphraseis : depiction at play / Niall W. Slater.

Sommario/riassunto

Paidea, the yearning for, and display of knowledge, reached its' height as a cultural concept in the works of the Second Sophistic, an elite literary and philosophical movement seeking to ape the style and achievements of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A crucial element in the



display of paidea was an ability to mix the witty and playful with the serious and instructive. The Second Sophistic is known as a Greek phenomenon, but these essays ask how the Latin author Apuleius fitted into this framework, and created a distinctively latin expression of paidea, focusing on the elements of playfulness

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484361703321

Autore

Lamiell James T.

Titolo

Uncovering Critical Personalism : Readings from William Stern's Contributions to Scientific Psychology / / by James T. Lamiell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030677343

3030677346

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 200 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology, , 2946-2460

Disciplina

155

155.2

Soggetti

Psychology

Social sciences - History

Personality

Difference (Psychology)

Developmental psychology

History of Psychology

Personality and Differential Psychology

Developmental Psychology

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology

Child and Adolescence Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: William Stern and Personalistic Thinking: Making Acquaintance -- Chapter 2: Impersonalism -- Chapter 3: The Concept of the Person and the Problem of Freedom -- Chapter 4: Personalistic



Psychology -- Chapter 5: The Personalistics of Recollection -- Chapter 6: The Problem of Individuality in Scientific Psychology -- Chapter 7: Personality Research and the Methods of Testing -- Chapter 8: The Personal Factor in Psychotechnics and Practical Psychology -- Chapter 9: Meaning and Interpretation -- Chapter 10: Conceptual Work Matters.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together the central tenets of William Stern's critical personalism. Presented for the first time for an English-speaking audience, this selection of original translations and essays encapsulates the critical framework of Stern's personalistic psychology. The selected works highlight the philosophical basis of Stern's personalistic views, illustrate their relevance in domains of theoretical and practical importance in psychology, and reveal Stern's critical stance on certain methodological trends that were gaining favor within psychology during his lifetime. Lamiell's own chapters contextualise the translations by providing an overview of the most basic tenets of critical personalism, and offering a commentary on paradigmatic commitments within scientific psychology's mainstream that began to impede Stern's efforts prior to his death, and that remain obstacles to personalistic thinking in the discipline today. Largely ignored by hiscontemporaries, this work forms part of an emerging body of scholarship that seeks to reintroduce Stern's thinking into contemporary psychology. The book is intended for academically oriented scholars with interests in historical, theoretical and philosophical issues in psychology. James T. Lamiell is Professor Emeritus of psychology at Georgetown University, USA. He is a three-time Fulbright scholar to Germany, and has been engaged with the writings of William Stern for over 30 years. As a visiting professor at the University of Hamburg in 2004, he delivered a series of public lectures on Stern's life and works.