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The making of the self
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Cascade Books
Language
English
Pages
314

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Subjects
Asceticism, History, Ascetics, Christianity
Places
Rome
Times
Early church, ca. 30-600

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Table of Contents

Part I. Theory:
1. A theory of the social function of asceticism
2. Constructions of power in asceticism
3. Asceticism as a sacred marriage: eastern and western theories
4. Asceticism or formation: theorizing asceticism after Nietzsche
5. A theory of asceticism, revised
Part II. Christian Asceticism:
6. Uncovering Adam's esoteric body
7. Daemons and the perfecting of the monk's body
8. Ascetical withdrawal and the second letter of Basil the Great
9. Is the Gospel of Thomas ascetical?
10. Competing ascetic subjectivities in the letter to the Galatians
Part III. Roman Asceticism:
11. Nag Hammadi and asceticism: theory and practice
12. Demons, adversaries, devils, fisherman: the asceticism of Authoritative Teaching (NHL, VI, 3) in Roman perspective
13. Musonius Rufus and Roman ascetical theory

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Bibliography : p. 299-314.

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Dewey Decimal Class
204/.47
Library of Congress
BL625 .V33 2008

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Pagination
xxi, 314 p. ;
Number of pages
314

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OL23910368M
ISBN 10
1556352867
ISBN 13
9781556352867
LCCN
2009280337

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