Paideia: The World of the Second Sophistic (Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies, 2)

In the World of the Second Sophistic, education, paideia, was a crucial factor in the discourse of power. Knowledge in the fields of medicine, history, philosophy and poetry joined with rhetorical brilliance and a sumptuary outer appearance became the habitus of the elite of the Eastern Roman Empire. This habitus guaranteed both a high social status and political and economical power for the individual as well as major advantages for their hometowns in interpolis competition. Since paideia was related particularly to Classical Greek antiquity it was, at the same time, fundamental to the new self-confidence of the Greek East. This book presents, for the first time, studies from a broad range of disciplines on various fields of life and on different media, in which this ideology became manifest. These contributions show that the Sophists and their texts were only the most prominent exponents of a system of thoughts and values structuring the life of the elite in general. In the World of the Second Sophistic, education, paideia, was a crucial factor in the discourse of power. Knowledge in the fields of medicine, history, philosophy, and poetry joined with rhetorical brilliance and a presentable manner became the outward appearance of the elite of the Eastern Roman Empire. This outward appearance guaranteed a high social status as well as political and economical power for the individual and major advantages for their hometowns in interpolis competition. Since paideia was related particularly to Classical Greek antiquity, it was, at the same time, fundamental to the new self-confidence of the Greek East. This book presents, for the first time, studies from a broad range of disciplines on various fields of life and on different media, in which this ideology became manifest. These contributions show that the Sophists and their texts were only the most prominent exponents of a system of thoughts and values structuring the life of the elite in general.--publisher's website In der Welt der Zweiten Sophistik stellte Bildung, paideia, einen entscheidenden Faktor in den Machtdiskursen dar. Für die kaiserzeitlichen Eliten wurde die Verbindung von Kenntnissen auf den Gebieten der Medizin, Geschichte, Philosophie und Dichtung mit rhetorischer Brillanz und repräsentativem Auftreten zum Kennzeichen eines umfassenden Habitus. Dieser garantierte einen hohen Sozialstatus, politische und ökonomische Macht für den Einzelnen sowie maßgebliche Vorteile für ihre Heimatstädte in der Städtekonkurrenz. Da sich Bildung wesentlich auf die klassisch-griechische Antike bezog, war sie zudem entscheidend für das neue Selbstbewusstsein des griechischen Ostens. Dieser Band führt erstmals in multidisziplinärer Breite verschiedenste Lebensbereiche und Medien zusammen, in denen sich diese Ideologie manifestiert. So wird deutlich, dass die Sophisten und ihre Texte nur die Exponenten eines Systems von Denkweisen und Wertvorstellungen waren, welche das Leben der Eliten insgesamt strukturierte. In der Welt der Zweiten Sophistik erhoben die Eliten des östlichen Römischen Reiches Bildung, paideia, und die Kenntnis der klassisch-griechischen Antike zum zentralen politisch-sozialen Machtmittel. Der Band führt erstmals in multidisziplinärer Breite verschiedenste Lebensbereiche und Medien zusammen, in denen sich diese Ideologie manifestiert. Verkaufsargumente: - internationale Autoren; Beiträge in deutscher und englischer Sprache - Zweite Sophistik ist ein höchst aktuelles Forschungsfeld in der Kulturgeschichte der Antike - Vertreter verschiedener Disziplinen tragen vielseitige neue Aspekte zum Gesamtbild bei 1. Beyond Greek Identity And The Sophists. 2. Modes And Media. 3. Paideia And The Human Body. 4. Public Places Of The Paideia. 5. Paideia And Patronage. Edited By Barbara E. Borg. Most Of These Papers Were Originally Presented At A Conference On The World Of The Second Sophistic Held At The University Of Heidelberg, March 2002. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Texts In English, German Or Italian, With Quoted Passages In Ancient Greek. In the World of the Second Sophistic, the Roman Empire's Greek elite turned education, paideia, and knowledge of the Classical age into a vital factor in their struggle for political power. This book presents, for the first time, studies from a broad range of disciplines on various fields of life and on different media, in which this ideology became manifest The High and Late Imperial periods have, for most of the 20th century - not to mention the 19th  attracted little interest in classical scholarship.