TY  - GEN
AU  - Neil,Bronwen
AU  - Simic,Kosta
AU  - Neil,Bronwen
AU  - Simic,Kosta
TI  - Memories of Utopia : The Revision of Histories and Landscapes in Late Antiquity
SN  - 9780429448508
PY  - 2020///
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Ancient history: to c 500 CE
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Social & political philosophy
KW  - Marxism & Communism
KW  - Conference of Carthage
KW  - christianity and paganism in late antiquity
KW  - christianity and polytheism in late antiquity
KW  - christians and pagans in late antiquity
KW  - christians and polytheists in late antiquity
KW  - christian identity and sacred sites
KW  - christian tombs under julian
KW  - creation of christian identity
KW  - early christianity middle east
KW  - early christianity north africa
KW  - early christians and diaspora jews
KW  - early christians and greco roman art
KW  - early christians and pagan art
KW  - early christian environment
KW  - early christian landscapes
KW  - early christian middle east
KW  - early christian north africa
KW  - Formation of Early Christian Identity
KW  - Gregory of Tours’ Lives of the Saints
KW  - greco-roman religion and christianity
KW  - idols and early christianity
KW  - jerome and christian identity
KW  - julian and cynicism
KW  - julian and the cynics
KW  - julian the apostate
KW  - late antique eusebia
KW  - late antique ritual space
KW  - Manipulation of Memory under Julian
KW  - mediterranean ritual space
KW  - memories of utopia
N1  - Open Access
N2  - These essays examine how various communities remembered and commemorated their shared past through the lens of utopia and its corollary, dystopia, providing a framework for the reinterpretation of rapidly changing religious, cultural, and political realities of the turbulent period from 300 to 750 CE. The common theme of the chapters is the utopian ideals of religious groups, whether these are inscribed on the body, on the landscape, in texts, or on other cultural objects. The volume is the first to apply this conceptual framework to Late Antiquity, when historically significant conflicts arose between the adherents of four major religious identities: Greaco-Roman 'pagans', newly dominant Christians; diaspora Jews, who were more or less persecuted, depending on the current regime; and the emerging religion and power of Islam. Late Antiquity was thus a period when dystopian realities competed with memories of a mythical Golden Age, variously conceived according to the religious identity of the group. The contributors come from a range of disciplines, including cultural studies, religious studies, ancient history, and art history, and employ both theoretical and empirical approaches. This volume is unique in the range of evidence it draws upon, both visual and textual, to support the basic argument that utopia in Late Antiquity, whether conceived spiritually, artistically, or politically, was a place of the past but also of the future, even of the afterlife. Memories of Utopia will be of interest to historians, archaeologists, and art historians of the later Roman Empire, and those working on religion in Late Antiquity and Byzantium
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49741/1/9780429827907.pdf
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71026
ER  -