Healing, Disease and Placebo in Graeco-Roman Asclepius Temples
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80050-141-6 (ISBN)
This study analyses inscriptions from the asclepieia which were supposed to record personal stories of healing. Using the archaeological and historical evidence it looks at the placebo effect and the role it may have played in healing at the Asclepius sanctuaries in light of contemporary theories and neurocognitive research on placebo effects. It explores the specific biological, cognitive, and psychological processes as well as the external cultural and social influences that would have shaped personal healing experiences.
It is the first historical study of the Asclepius cult which integrates theoretical insights into the human mind provided by neurocognitive sciences. It can be considered a cognitive historiography of patients who visited the asclepieia as supplicants which aims to deepen our understanding of past minds and, more generally, of human cognition.
Olympia Panagiotidou is a Postdoc Researcher at the Department of the Study of Religion at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Greece. For her research, she has received a scholarship and support from the State Scholarships Foundation of Greece (IKY). She earned her PhD and holds a MA in Cognitive Science and the Study of Religion from Aristotle University and Aarhus University. She also holds a BA in History and Archaeology from Aristotle University.
Introduction
1. Setting the Theoretical Framework
2. Forming Ideas about Asclepius and His Healing Power
3. The Spread of the Asclepius Cult - Deciding to Visit an Asclepieion
4. Taking the Journey - Arriving at the Asclepieia
5. The Culmination of Incubation: Creating the Miracle
Conclusion: Completing the Loop
Erscheinungsdatum | 16.02.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | Advances in the Cognitive Science of Religion |
Zusatzinfo | 10 figures |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Gewicht | 4078 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
ISBN-10 | 1-80050-141-2 / 1800501412 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-80050-141-6 / 9781800501416 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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