Ordering knowledge in the Roman Empire / edited by Jason König and Tim Whitmarsh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

König, Jason, editor.

Whitmarsh, Tim, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of--Rome.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Information organization--Rome.

Information organization.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Rome--Intellectual life.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not just political, economic and military: Rome was also the hub of a vast information network, drawing in worldwide expertise and refashioning it for its own purposes. This fascinating collection of essays considers the dialogue between technical literature and imperial society, drawing on, developing and critiquing a range of modern cultural theories (including those of Michel Foucault and Edward Said). How was knowledge shaped into textual forms, and how did those forms encode relationships between emperor and subjects, theory and practice, Roman and Greek, centre and periphery? Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire will be required reading for those concerned with the intellectual and cultural history of the Roman Empire, and its lasting legacy in the medieval world and beyond.

Contents:

Ordering knowledge / Jason König and Tim Whitmarsh

Fragmentation and coherence in Plutarch's Synoptic questions / Jason König

Galen and Athenaeus in the Hellenistic library / John Wilkins

Guides to the wor(l)d / Andrew M. Riggsby

Petronius' lessons in learning, the hard way / Victoria Rimell

Diogenes Laërtius, biographer of philosophy / James Warren

The creation of Isidore's Etymologies or Origins / John Henderson

Knowledge and power in Frontinus' On aqueducts / Alice König

Measures for an emperor : Volusius Maecianus' monetary pamphlet for Marcus Aurelius / Serafina Cuomo

Probing the entrails of the universe : astrology as bodily knowledge in Manilius' Astronomica / Thomas Habinek

Galen's imperial order of knowledge / Rebecca Flemming.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-299) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17761-8

9786612058233

0-511-50744-5

1-282-05823-1

0-511-55106-1

0-511-50810-7

0-511-50407-1

0-511-50876-X

0-511-50621-X

OCLC:

476264493

Publisher Number:

60000880754