The Argument of Psellos' Chronographia:

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-90-04-11494-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

Reihe: Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesg

This book is a philosophical interpretation of Michael Psellos' Chronographia, an acknowledged masterpiece of Byzantine literature. Anthony Kaldellis argues that although the Chronographia contains a fascinating historical narrative; it is really a disguised philosophical work which, if read carefully, reveals Psellos' revolutionary views on politics and religion.
Kaldellis exposes the rhetorical techniques with which Psellos veils his unorthodoxy, and demonstrates that the inner message of the text challenges the Church's supremacy over the intellectual and political life of Byzantium. Psellos consciously articulates a secular vision of Imperial politics, and seeks to liberate philosophy from the constraints of Christian theology.
The analysis is lucid and should be accessible to anyone with a general knowledge of Byzantine civilization. It should interest all who study the history of ancient and medieval philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaldellis, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations
Introduction

1. Ethos and History
2. The Delusions of Romanos III
3. Egregorsis: An awakening to human affairs
4. Philosophy and Philology
5. A Wicked Doctrine
6. Imperial Askesis
7. The Secrets of the Virgin
8. An Impious Doctrine
9. The Secular Imperium
10. The Repudiation of Monasticism
11. The Liberation of Philosophy from Christianity
12. The Triumph of Nature Over Faith
13. Virtual Divine Grace
14. The Unspeakable Mysteries of Providence
15. Providence: Pietism or Prudence?
16. The Degeneracy of the Official Religion
17. Patron of Blasphemers
18. Psellos' Enigmatic Confession of Faith
19. Philospohy and Rhetoric
20. The True NAture of Rhetoric
21. A Rhetorical Performance
22. The Redemption of Rhetoric
23. Political Philospohy and the Rehabilitation of the Body
24. Psellos and Isaac Komenos
25. Philosophy and the Throne
26. Who is the author of the Chronographia?

Bibliography
Index of Passages
General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Kaldellis, Ph.D. Candidate (University of Michigan), held the Bliss Fellowship awarded by Dumbarton Oaks (1995-97). He has published a translation, with commentary, of the Byzantine historian Genesios, and a lengthy analysis of the historical and religious views of Agathias.