Body parts. Dismembering and recomposing bodies in classical antiquity.
PURennes| N° d'inventaire | 22504 |
| Format | 15.5 x 2 |
| Détails | 180 p., illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Rennes, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
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From a historical anthropology perspective, this book presents an investigation into the ways in which the Ancients thought about the division of the human body but also its unity. It shows how the Ancients conceived of a whole body as a unity, a whole or the sum of its parts, sometimes resulting from a hybridization, and how they judged these assemblages, products of nature or art. Ten specialists in classical texts, images, and archaeology thus combine their reflections based on the most recent state of research.
From a historical anthropology perspective, this book presents an investigation into the ways in which the Ancients thought about the division of the human body but also its unity. It shows how the Ancients conceived of a whole body as a unity, a whole or the sum of its parts, sometimes resulting from a hybridization, and how they judged these assemblages, products of nature or art. Ten specialists in classical texts, images, and archaeology thus combine their reflections based on the most recent state of research.