Reread Vernant.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 21408 |
| Format | 15 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 382 p., |
| Publication | Paris, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914-2007), an exceptional philosopher and Hellenist, revolutionized the understanding of ancient Greece and reflection on the place of ancient cultures in the contemporary world. More than ten years after his death, the time has come to take a detached look at the career of a man who always intertwined his life as a researcher and his life as a citizen. For Vernant constantly drew on the debates of his time to make the study of the ancient Greeks a liberating intellectual force. But over time, the gap between him and the original conditions of the creation of his work widens. There is a risk that the diversity of this thought will be reduced to the approximations of an impoverished vulgate. The authors invited for this volume represent diverse countries, disciplines, and schools of thought, from political science to archaeology, from philology to the history of art and the history of religions. They conduct a reflection that interweaves considerations on Vernant's action as a citizen, an in-depth analysis of his work, and a perspective on the reception of this work in different countries and institutions. By focusing on the study of religion, politics and the question of the city, and finally on Vernant's international influence, they reconsider a multifaceted thought, place it in its context, and show the ways in which it exerted its influence; in short, they recapture what made it original, powerful, and influential.
Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914-2007), an exceptional philosopher and Hellenist, revolutionized the understanding of ancient Greece and reflection on the place of ancient cultures in the contemporary world. More than ten years after his death, the time has come to take a detached look at the career of a man who always intertwined his life as a researcher and his life as a citizen. For Vernant constantly drew on the debates of his time to make the study of the ancient Greeks a liberating intellectual force. But over time, the gap between him and the original conditions of the creation of his work widens. There is a risk that the diversity of this thought will be reduced to the approximations of an impoverished vulgate. The authors invited for this volume represent diverse countries, disciplines, and schools of thought, from political science to archaeology, from philology to the history of art and the history of religions. They conduct a reflection that interweaves considerations on Vernant's action as a citizen, an in-depth analysis of his work, and a perspective on the reception of this work in different countries and institutions. By focusing on the study of religion, politics and the question of the city, and finally on Vernant's international influence, they reconsider a multifaceted thought, place it in its context, and show the ways in which it exerted its influence; in short, they recapture what made it original, powerful, and influential.