The Roman Collegia: The Modern Evolution of an Ancient Concept

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-15080-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 277, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

This volume maintains that contemporary events, ideologies, and institutions have shaped scholarly work on the ancient Roman collegia, a group of institutions known principally from epigraphic and legal sources. It traces the origins of thinking on the subject from the creation of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum through the political and social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries in Western Europe. The bulk of the book focuses particularly on the intersection of scholarship and economic theory in Fascist Italy, as the collegia were analysed by the Istituto di Studi Romani, incorporated into the Mostra Augustea della Romanità, and ultimately championed by the Minister of National Education, Giuseppe Bottai, in 1939.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perry, Jonathan S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Klubs, Vereine, Geheimgesellschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter One: Theodor Mommsen’s ‘collegia funeraticia’ and the search for Christian origins in the nineteenth century
Chapter Two: Jean-Pierre Waltzing’s ‘professional associations’ and the legacy of
Christian democracy
Chapter Three: Collegia and Corporativismo in Fascist Italy
Chapter Four: Collegia, the Institute of Roman Studies, and ‘Romanità’
Chapter Five: Collegia, race, and Roman heritage under Giuseppe Bottai
Chapter Six: Socialism and sociability: The collegia since 1945
Conclusion: Autumn Journal, Bottai’s journal, and the relevance of Rome
Bibliography
Epigraphic Index
General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan S. Perry, Ph.D. (1999), University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Central Florida. He has published several articles, particularly on the interpretation of ancient history in the modern world.