The social world of intellectuals in the Roman Empire: sophists, philosophers, and Christians

"This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers, and Christians in the early Roman Empire. Membership in each category was established and evaluated socially as well as discursively. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communio...

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Subtitles:Neither inside nor outside : becoming heretical in second century Christianity
Main Author: Eshleman, Kendra 1973- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u. a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Series/Journal:Greek culture in the Roman world
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Römisches Reich / Διανοούμενος (μοτίβο) / Πνευματική ζωή / Κοινωνική δομή / Κοινωνική ταυτότητα / Σοφιστική / Χριστιανισμός (μοτίβο)
Further subjects:B Christians (Rome)
B Διατριβή
B Christians Rome
B Rome Intellectual life
B Philosophers (Rome)
B Social networks Rome
B Identity (Philosophical concept) History To 1500
B Rome Intellectual life
B Social Structure (Rome)
B Group Identity (Rome)
B Sophists (Greek philosophy)
B Identity (Philosophical concept) History To 1500
B Social Networks (Rome)
B Second Sophistic movement
B Group identity Rome
B Philosophers Rome
B Βιβλιογραφία
B Social structure Rome
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Summary:"This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers, and Christians in the early Roman Empire. Membership in each category was established and evaluated socially as well as discursively. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communion to construction of the group's history, integration into the social fabric of the community served as both an index of identity and a medium through which contests over status and authority were conducted. The juxtaposition of patterns of belonging in Second Sophistic and early Christian circles reveals a shared repertoire of technologies of self-definition, authorization, and institutionalization, and shows how each group manipulated and adapted those strategies to its own needs. This approach provides a more rounded view of the Second Sophistic and places the early Christian formation of "orthodoxy" in a fresh context"--
"This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers, and Christians in the early Roman Empire. Membership in each category was established and evaluated socially as well as discursively. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communion to construction of the group's history, integration into the social fabric of the community served as both an index of identity and a medium through which contests over status and authority were conducted. The juxtaposition of patterns of belonging in Second Sophistic and early Christian circles reveals a shared repertoire of technologies of self-definition, authorization, and institutionalization, and shows how each group manipulated and adapted those strategies to its own needs. This approach provides a more rounded view of the Second Sophistic and places the early Christian formation of "orthodoxy" in a fresh context"--
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. 263 - 278
ISBN:1107026385