{"product_id":"inventing-origins-aetiological-thinking-in-greek-and-roman-antiquity-9789004500143","title":"Inventing Origins? Aetiological Thinking in Greek and Roman Antiquity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAetiologies seem to gratify the human desire to understand the origin of a phenomenon. However, as this book demonstrates, aetiologies do not exclusively explore origins. Rather, in inventing origin stories they authorise the present and try to shape the future. This book explores aetiology as a tool for thinking, and draws attention to the paradoxical structure of origin stories. Aetiologies reduce complex ambivalence and plurality to plainly causal and temporal relations, but at the same time, by casting an anchor into the past, they open doors to progress and innovation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Inventing Anchors? Aetiological Thinking in Greek and Roman Antiquity   Antje Wessels and Jacqueline Klooster    PART 1: Aetiological Thinking. Old \u0026amp; New. From Present to Past to Future  1 Anchoring Innovations through Aetiology   Annette Harder    2 The Parallels between Aetiology and Prophecy in Ancient Literature. Hindsight as Foresight Makes Sense   Jacqueline Klooster    PART 2: Aetiology and Politics  3 Veterem atque antiquam rem novam ad vos proferam. A New Drama,  a Surprised Audience, and a ‘Live Aetiology’. Performing the Origin  of the Amphitruo   Andrea de March    4 Callimachus Romanus. Propertius’ Love Elegy and the Aetiology  of Empire   Alexander Kirichenko    5 The Origins of Rome in the Renaissance. Revival \u0026amp; Reinvention, Rejection \u0026amp; Replacement   Susanna de Beer    PART 3: Aetiology in Myth and Science. From Religion to Research  6 Resistance to Origins. Cult Foundation in the Myths of Dionysus,  Apollo, and Demeter   Susanne Gödde    7 Beginning with Hermes: Promoting Hermeticism through Aetiology  in Corpus Hermeticum 1   Sean E. McGrath    8 The Aetiology of Myth   Hugo Koning    9 Patroclus Was a Parasite. Lucian’s Satirical Aitia   Inger N.I. Kuin    10 Crossing Borders. Aetiological Overlap in Plutarch’s Collections  of Questions   Michiel Meeusen    Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210833977687,"sku":"9789004500143","price":95.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inventing-origins-aetiological-thinking-in-greek-and-roman-antiquity-9789004500143","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}