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On Hellenism, Judaism, Individualism, and Early Christian Theories of the Subject
On Hellenism, Judaism, Individualism, and Early Christian Theories of the Subject
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This first of a two-volume work provides a new understanding of Western subjectivity as theorized in the Augustinian Rule. A theopolitical synthesis of Antiquity, the Rule is a humble, yet extremely influential example of subjectivity production. In these volumes, Jodra argues that the Classical and Late-Ancient communitarian practices along the Mediterranean provide historical proof of a worldview in which the self and the other are not disjunctive components, but mutually inclusive forces. The Augustinian Rule is a culmination of this process and also the beginning of something new: the paradigm of the monastic self as protagonist of the new, medieval worldview.
In this volume, Jodra takes one of the most influential and pervasive commons experiments-Augustine's Rule-and gives us its Mediterranean backstory, with an eye to solving at last the riddle of socialism. In volume two, he will present his solution in full, as a kind of Augustinian communitarianism for today.
These volumes therefore restore the unity of the Hellenistic and Judaic world as found by the first Christians, proving that the self and the other are two essential pieces in the construction of our world.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1:
Self & Commons
Chapter 2:
Body Politic
Chapter 3:
Soul Politic
Chapter 4:
Monasticism
Chapter 5:
Monastic Self
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Nov 17 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781350303409 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 216 x 138 mm |
| Series | Reading Augustine |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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