In My Solitude: Figurative Rationality and Axiological Inversion in Saints Barsanuphius and John of Gaza
The paper focuses on the relationship between the hermit and his cell, considered as a semantic operator acting on the monk's experience. The monk's discourse presents figurative transformations of the cell (e.g. into a cemetery or temple) and an axiological inversion between life and deat...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2023
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Annali di studi religiosi
Jahr: 2023, Band: 24, Seiten: 19-27 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The paper focuses on the relationship between the hermit and his cell, considered as a semantic operator acting on the monk's experience. The monk's discourse presents figurative transformations of the cell (e.g. into a cemetery or temple) and an axiological inversion between life and death; it constructs a topological equivalence between the cell and the monk’s soul. By acting on the monk's experience, the cell allows him to re-categorize the semiotics of his world. The case study consists of writings about early monks and nuns, focusing in particular on Barsanuphius and John of Gaza (6th century AD). |
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| ISSN: | 2284-3892 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Annali di studi religiosi
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14598/Annali_studi_relig_24202302 |