Transforming Topoi

ISBN 10: 3847108964 / ISBN 13: 9783847108962

Published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co, 2018

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Zustandsbeschreibung: leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear. The Exigencies and Impositions of Tradition. Edited by Andrew James Johnston, Margitta Rouse and Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann. Traditions thrive on the dialectic of repetition. Drawing their topoi from the well of memory, they are situated on the very border between the deliberate and the habitual. Yet how is it possible to influence traditions? The present collection of essays studies the ways in which traditions are employed in the service of symbolic politics. What are the burdens and impositions of traditions, when their topoi are consciously exploited in the service of ideological purposes? Are there certain limits to manipulation that lie in the very nature of the traditions in question, a nature which therefore defines them? With contributions by Peter-André Alt, Phillip H. Stump, Margitta Rouse et al. 233 Seiten mit vier Abb., gebunden (Berliner Mittelalter- und Frühneuzeitforschung; Band 23/V&R unipress 2018). Statt EUR 45,00. Gewicht: 415 g - Gebunden/Gebundene Ausgabe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transforming Topoi
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847108964
• ISBN 13: 9783847108962
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Wie Neu
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 415 grams
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Synopsis

Traditions thrive on the dialectic of repetition. Drawing their topoi from the well of memory, they are situated on the very border between the deliberate and the habitual. Yet how is it possible to influence traditions? The present collection of essays studies the ways in which traditions are employed in the service of symbolic politics. What are the burdens and impositions of traditions, when their topoi are consciously exploited in the service of ideological purposes? Are there certain limits to manipulation that lie in the very nature of the traditions in question, a nature which therefore defines them? The contributors give a host of answers, studying topoi in medieval and early modern Europe from an interdisciplinary perspective.

About the Author

Prof. Dr. Andrew James Johnston lehrt Englische Philologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Literatur des Mittelalters und der Renaissance an der Freien Universitat Berlin. Dr. Margitta Rouse ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin der DFG-Forschergruppe 2305 Diskursivierungen von Neuem an der Freien Universitat Berlin. Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann ist emeritierter Professor fur Geschichte der Philosophie und der Geisteswissenschaften an der Freien Universitat Berlin.