Cosmopolitanism and the Middle Ages

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-34108-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 253 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3261 g

Reihe: The New Middle Ages

This collection of essays uncovers a wide array of medieval writings on cosmopolitan ethics and politics, writings generally ignored or glossed over in contemporary discourse. Medieval literary fictions and travel accounts provide us with rich contextualizations of the complexities and contradictions of cosmopolitan thought.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Legassie, S.

Ganim, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Shayne Legassie & John M. Ganim 1. The Metropolis and its Languages: Baghdad and Venice; Karla Mallette 2. Re-Orientations: The Worlding of Marco Polo; Sharon Kinoshita 3. Between Islam and Christendom: Ibn Battuta's Travels in Asia Minor and the North; Christine Chism 4. Medieval Religious Cosmopolitanisms: Truth and Inclusivity in the Literature of Muslim Spain; Marla Segol 5. Worldly Unease in Late Medieval European Travel Reports; Shirin Khanmohamadi 6. The One Kingdom Solution?: Diplomacy, Marriage and Sovereignty in the Third Crusade; Adnan Husain & Margaret Aziza Pappano 7. Inventing Social Conscience: Cosmopolitanism in Piers Plowman; Karma Lochrie 8. Cosmopolitan Imaginaries; Robert R. Edwards 9. Among Other Possible Things: The Cosmopolitanisms of Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale'; Shayne Aaron Legassie 10. The Cosmopolitanism of The Adages: The Classical and Christian Legacies of Erasmus' Hermeneutics of Accommodation; Jessica L. Wolfe

Über Autor(innen)

Karla Mallette, University of Michigan, USA

Sharon Kinoshita, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Christine Chism, UCLA, USA

Marla Segol, University at Buffalo of the State University of New York, USA

Shirin Khanmohamadi, San Francisco State University, USA

Adnan Husain, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Margaret Aziza Pappano, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Karma Lochrie, Indiana University, USA

Robert R. Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Jessica L. Wolfe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA