Filippo Carla Uhink Livres

The 'Tetrarchy', the modern name assigned to the period of Roman history that started with the emperor Diocletian and ended with Constantine I, has been a much-studied and much-debated field of the Roman Empire. Debate, however, has focused primarily on whether it was a true 'system' of government, or rather a collection of ad-hoc measures undertaken to stabilise the empire after the troubled period of the 3rd century CE. The papers collected here aim to go beyond this question and to present an innovative approach to a fascinating period of Roman history by understanding the Tetrarchy not as a system of government, but primarily as a political language. Their focus thus lies on the language and ideology of the imperial college and court, on the performance of power in imperial ceremonies, the representation of the emperors and their enemies in the provinces of the Roman world, as well as on the afterlife of Tetrarchic power in the Constantinian period.

Scholarship has widely debated the question about the existence of an 'Italian identity' in the time of the Roman Republic, basing on the few sources available and on the outcomes of the Augustan and imperial age. In this sense, this debate has for a long time been conducted without sufficient imput from social sciences, and particularly from social geography, which has developed methodologies and models for the investigation of identities. This book starts therefore from the consideration that Italy came to be, by the end of the Republic, a region within the Roman imperium, and investigates the ways this happened and its consequences on the local populations and their identity structures. It shows that Italy gained a territorial and symbolic shape, and own institutions defining it as a territorial region, and that a regional identity developed as a consequence by the 2 nd century BCE. The original, interdisciplinary approach to the matter allows a consistent revision of the ancient sources and sheds now light on the topic, providing important reflections for future studies on the subject.

Despite the wealth and breadth of scholarly engagement with theme parks, especially over the last two decades, issues of time and temporality in theme parks have so far been comparatively neglected. 'Time and Temporality in Theme Parks' addresses this gap by looking at theme park temporalities from a number of distinct perspectives. Contributions come from a wide variety of academic disciplines, including anthropology, history, American studies, archaeology, geography, sociology, and theater studies. These scholarly perspectives are complemented by contributions from writers with a background in theme park design and industry. Addressing the conceptualization and creation of theme park times in general, as well as topics such as heritage and retro-futures in particular, 'Time and Temporality in Theme Parks' seeks to give both scholarly and non-scholarly readers a comprehensive look at the multiple roles time plays in the theme park

The idea of a 'gift economy' has a long tradition in social, economic and cultural studies, since Marcel Mauss' seminal work. But in the latest years, anthropological, philosophical and economic research have underlined that nothing such as a 'gift economy' exists - at least if conceived as a phase preceding modern exchange - and that the 'phenomenon gift' must be understood not only in the different social and cultural contexts in which it is embedded, but also in its coexistence and connections to other forms of exchange, from commerce, to barter, to theft. This book analyzes from a multiplicity of perspectives, and focusing in particular the ancient world, the depth and complexity of such connections, the social norms and expectations connected to gift-giving, its economic aspects, as its role in the construction and consolidation of social hierarchies, dedicating attention not only to the praxis of exchange, but also to the role of the agents and of the exchanged object itself.

Ob Mickey Mouse, Metauro oder Mosaik - die Antike ist in zahlreichen europäischen Comics verbreitet. Von den Graphic Novels über die didaktischen Comics, von längeren Serien über sporadische Erscheinungen des Altertums in etablierten Reihen bis hin zu kleineren satirischen Produktionen und den erotischen „schwarzen“ Comics der 1970er Jahre wird hier exklusiv die gesamte Bandbreite präsentiert. Dazu kommen Zeichner und Autoren selbst zu Wort: Wieso haben sie die Entscheidung getroffen, sich mit antiken Themen und Mustern zu befassen? Woher beziehen sie ihre Informationen - in erster Linie zur antiken Geschichte und Literatur, aber auch zum Alltagsleben und zu den Ikonographien, ihres Zeichens unabdingbare Elemente, um die Antike visuell repräsentieren zu können? Welche Bedeutung oder welchen, auch nur ästhetischen, Wert hat ihres Erachtens die Antike für die heutige Welt? Denn es geht nicht nur um die Comics, die einzeln vorgestellt und analysiert werden, sondern um ganze Traditionen!