Gods of Rome and the Roman world in networks.
Ausonius| N° d'inventaire | 23862 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 277 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Bordeaux, 2021 |
| Etat | nine |
| ISBN | 9782356133540 |
Scripta Antiqua Collection 141.
This volume presents the results of investigations carried out by a team of European researchers and offers a renewed approach to the gods of Rome and the Roman world, emphasizing the networks in which they are inserted. In the wake of studies on Greek polytheism and the analyses of G. Dumézil, the gods are considered from an anthropological perspective which aims to shed light on their fields and modes of action, as well as the facets of their identity and functions.
The gods forming a "divine society," it is a matter of showing that such an approach benefits from using the heuristic tool of the "network," by focusing the analysis of the gods of Rome and the Roman world on the systems of relationships that unite them and make them interact. Indeed, numerous documents connect several divinities, weaving dynamic and multidirectional links between them and hierarchizing or not the nodes of the section of the pantheonic web that they form.
Also, even if the networks that make the gods interact are difficult to quantify or model, the metaphor of the network proves to be operative. This term reflects, better than that of pantheon, the partial and polycentric character of any combination of divinities. It can thus account for both the relative stability of the relational structures between the gods and the interactional dynamism that makes them evolve according to contexts.
The analysis of divine networks in Rome and the Roman world is based on various case studies. Particular attention has been paid to the dynamic and contextualized nature of these divine interactions, which can vary over time and space. The exploratory nature of the investigations and the approach underlying them is highlighted in the first three contributions, which offer avenues of reflection for thinking about the Roman gods and their networks.
The following four contributions focus on the study of divine networks in a given context and aim to shed light on the systems of polycentric relationships that are established between different gods, at different scales, whether it be a province or a city. The last four articles are more focused on the study of a divinity, whose plural identity, modes and fields of action are explored, the question of divine networks allowing to significantly enrich the reflection on the gods envisaged.
Scripta Antiqua Collection 141.
This volume presents the results of investigations carried out by a team of European researchers and offers a renewed approach to the gods of Rome and the Roman world, emphasizing the networks in which they are inserted. In the wake of studies on Greek polytheism and the analyses of G. Dumézil, the gods are considered from an anthropological perspective which aims to shed light on their fields and modes of action, as well as the facets of their identity and functions.
The gods forming a "divine society," it is a matter of showing that such an approach benefits from using the heuristic tool of the "network," by focusing the analysis of the gods of Rome and the Roman world on the systems of relationships that unite them and make them interact. Indeed, numerous documents connect several divinities, weaving dynamic and multidirectional links between them and hierarchizing or not the nodes of the section of the pantheonic web that they form.
Also, even if the networks that make the gods interact are difficult to quantify or model, the metaphor of the network proves to be operative. This term reflects, better than that of pantheon, the partial and polycentric character of any combination of divinities. It can thus account for both the relative stability of the relational structures between the gods and the interactional dynamism that makes them evolve according to contexts.
The analysis of divine networks in Rome and the Roman world is based on various case studies. Particular attention has been paid to the dynamic and contextualized nature of these divine interactions, which can vary over time and space. The exploratory nature of the investigations and the approach underlying them is highlighted in the first three contributions, which offer avenues of reflection for thinking about the Roman gods and their networks.
The following four contributions focus on the study of divine networks in a given context and aim to shed light on the systems of polycentric relationships that are established between different gods, at different scales, whether it be a province or a city. The last four articles are more focused on the study of a divinity, whose plural identity, modes and fields of action are explored, the question of divine networks allowing to significantly enrich the reflection on the gods envisaged.