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About this book
The search for knowledge of the future and for divine help is found in all ancient Mediterranean cultures. The key question of this e-book is: What are the interdependences between divination and processes of individualization or de-individualization in the ancient world? Individualization is understood as a process of change on the societal level. In contrast, individuation is a development on the personal level. Discussions about the definition of these terms are continuing. Divination may always have some effects on processes of individuation and individualization. Divination may be a means – and this list does not claim to be exhaustive – of legitimising decisions, to decide competition or to achieve distinctiveness. This e-book covers aspects from archaic Greece to the High Empire. Not all articles argue along the same lines: nothing highlights better the lively debate and the many open questions in the field of ancient divination.
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Table of contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ANCIENT DIVINATION
- ORACULAR CONSULTATION, FATE, AND THE CONCEPT OF THE INDIVIDUAL
- SEEKING CERTAINTY AND CLAIMING AUTHORITY
- INTERPRETATIVE STRATEGIES FOR DELPHIC ORACLES AND KLEDONS
- CICERO AND THE PYTHIA – A DECEPTIVE DILEMMA?
- “WILL MY CHILD HAVE A BIG NOSE?”
- LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA ON ORACLES, MAGIC AND SUPERSTITION
- INDIVIDUATION THROUGH DIVINATION
- INDEX