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Religion and the Self in Antiquity

Religion and the Self in Antiquity

Paperback

Religion General

ISBN10: 0253217962
ISBN13: 9780253217967
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Nov 1 2005
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.28 Depth: 9.28
Language: English

Many recent studies have argued that the self is a modern invention, a concept developed in the last three centuries. Religion and the Self in Antiquity challenges that idea by presenting a series of studies that explore the origins, formation, and limits of the self within the religions of the ancient Mediterranean world. Drawing on recent work on the body, gender, sexuality, the anthropology of the senses, and power, contributors make a strong case that the history of the self does indeed begin in antiquity, developing as Western religion itself developed.

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