War In Words: Transformations Of War From Antiquity To Clausewitz Transformations Of War From Antiquity To Clausewitz

Although the paradoxical reality of warfare may elude definition, since antiquity war has been a constitutive element of Western culture; seen from a historical perspective, it gives access to a broad array of tensions between various models of knowledge and different kinds of tradition. The essays in this volume approach the phenomenon of war from antiquity to Clausewitz from the perspective of a variety of disciplines. Particular attention is given to texts, images, and their interaction. Frontmatter Contents Introduction. Stuck in Panduria: Books and War War and Justice in Hesiod Krieg und (Un-)Gerechtigkeit. Augustin zu Ursache und Sinn von Kriegen Sine fide nulla pax – Überlegungen zu Vertrauen und Krieg in den politischen Theorien von Machiavelli, Gentili und Grotius Wiederbegegnung mit Clausewitz What is the Meaning of ›War‹ in an Age of Cultural Efflorescence? Another Look at the Role of War in Song Dynasty China (960–1279) Beschreibung einer Belagerung: wenn Worte den Krieg ›sehen‹ lassen Das römische Militärlager und die ›ideale Stadt‹ der Neuzeit. Polybios, Machiavelli, Dürer, Serlio, Stevin und die Suche nach der idealen städtischen Raumordnung Der Architekt als Krieger. Bernardo Puccini und Galileo Galilei Penthesileas Kuss: Liebe und Krieg in der Literatur der Antike Imperial Views on the Battle of Carrhae Erzähltes Wissen vom Kriege. Narrativierung und komische Destruktion antiker Kriegslehren in der Literatur des Spätmittelalters (Heinrich Wittenwiler: Der Ring) Das Schreiben über den Krieg: Berichte über vergangenes und gegenwärtiges Kriegsgeschehen in der humanistischen Historiographie An Epic Poem of Peace: The Paradox of the Representation of War in the Italian Chivalric Poetry of the Renaissance ›whether the Macedonian, or the Roman, were the best Warriour‹: Sir Walter Ralegh and the Conflicts of Antiquity Skills and Virtues in Vitruvius’ book 10 Selektion und Missverständnisse. Rezeption antiker Kriegstechnik im späten Mittelalter The War in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso: A Snapshot of the Passage from Medieval to Early Modern Technology Krieg und Zufall. Die Transformation der Kriegskunst bei Carl von Clausewitz Backmatter Although Antiquity itself has been intensively researched, together with its reception, to date this has largely happened in a compartmentalized fashion. This series presents for the first time an interdisciplinary contextualization of the productive acquisitions and transformations of the arts and sciences of Antiquity in the slow process of the European societies constructing a scientific system and their own cultural identity, a process which started in the Middle Ages and has continued up to the Modern Age. The series is a product of work in the Collaborative Research Centre "Transformations of Antiquity" and the "August Boeckh Centre of Antiquity" at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Their individual projects examine transformational processes on three levels in particular ‒ the constitutive function of Antiquity in the formation of the European knowledge society, the role of Antiquity in the genesis of modern cultural identities and self-constructions, and the forms of reception in art, literature, translation and media.

Although the paradoxical reality of warfare may elude definition, since antiquity war has been a constitutive element of Western culture; seen from a historical perspective, it gives access to a broad array of tensions between various modelsof knowledge and differentkinds of tradition. The essays in this volume approach the phenomenon of war from antiquity to Clausewitz from the perspective of a variety of disciplines. Particular attention is given to texts, images, and their interaction.

Edited By Marco Formisano And Hartmut Böhme. Papers Presented At A Conference Held In Berlin During 17-19 April 2008. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. In German, With Seven English Contributions.