{"product_id":"varieties-of-the-self-peter-abelard-and-the-mental-architecture-of-the-paraclete-9789004540835","title":"Varieties of the Self: Peter Abelard and the Mental Architecture of the Paraclete","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Paraclete was founded in 1129. Out of necessity to find a new place to shelter a group of nuns, this female community was created by Peter Abelard (1079–1142) for Heloise of Argenteuil (1090–1164). Varieties of the Self shows how this community was dependent on a network of monasteries, while also representing a formative driving force in the twelfth-century reform, the period of flourishing to which it clearly belonged. The anthropological approach connects different works written by Peter Abelard (hymns, life-rules, letters, biblical commentaries) to views on the female self. What is the perspective on identity, sacrifice, and intentionality within these sources, and how do views on pollution, purity, and sacredness reflect on ethics of body and soul?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Introduction    2 Anthropology and the Idea of the Paraclete   1 About Rules and Individual Life   2 The Foundation of the Paraclete and the Beginning of Faith   3 The Myth of Institutions: About Systems and Collections   4 Exemplum’s Perplexity    3 Diptych I: Bringing Abelard Home   1 Living Together, or the Creation of the Monastic Myth   2 When Earth and Heaven Meet   3 Is Contempt for the World Possible?   4 Peter the Venerable’s Compassion   5 The Anthropology of Grace   6 Abelard’s Last Years   7 The Illusion of Permanence   8 The Mental Architecture of the Paraclete   9 Is Religion a Category?    4 Diptych II: Architecture of Songs   1 Time, Space, and the Self in the Paraclete   2 God hors jeu   3 Collection and Chaos: The Paraclete Hymns   4 A Changing Light   5 Mary Magdalene’s Stones   6 Jephthah’s Daughter   7 The Child and the Stick, or Mirroring Measures   8 Epilogue    5 Conclusion  Appendix   Peter the Venerable, Letter 115   Heloise of Argenteuil, Letter 167   Selected Hymns from the Hymnarius Paraclitensis, Composed by Peter Abelard  Bibiliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210863501655,"sku":"9789004540835","price":100.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/varieties-of-the-self-peter-abelard-and-the-mental-architecture-of-the-paraclete-9789004540835","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}