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Public Disputation, Power, and Social Order in Late Antiquity

by Richard Lim

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

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Richard Lim explores the importance of verbal disputation in Late Antiquity, offering a rich socio-historical and cultural examination of the philosophical and theological controversies. He shows how public disputation changed with the advent of Christianity from a means of discovering truth and self-identification to a form of social competition and "winning over" an opponent. He demonstrates how the reception and practice of public debate, like other forms of competition in Late Antiquity, were closely tied to underlying notions of authority, community and social order. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1995.

  • Author

    Richard Lim

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    University of California Press

  • Published

    May 2018

  • Weight

    445g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780520301399

  • ISBN-10

    0520301390

  • Eden Code

    4833397

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