Horoscopes and Public Spheres

Essays on the History of Astrology

Günther Oestmann, Darrel Rutkin H., Kocku von Stuckrad (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

VIII, 290 Seiten

2005
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-018545-4 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

Dieser Band bringt eine Sammlung neuer Essays, die untersuchen, welche Rolle Horoskope und deren allgemeine Verwendung in der westlichen Kulturgeschichte von der Antike bis zum 19. Jahrhundert gespielt haben.

Günther Oestmann,Hamburg University, Germany;H. Darrel Rutkin, Villa I Tatti Florence, Italy; Kocku von Stuckrad, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

G. Oestmann, H. D. Rutkin, and K. von Stuckrad: Introduction: Horoscopes and History
Part I: Horoscopes and the Public Sphere in Antiquity W. Hübner: Sulla's Horoscope? (Firm. math. 6,3 1,l); J.-H. Abry: What Was Agrippina Waiting For? (Tacitus, Ann. XII, 68-69); St. Heilen: The Emperor Hadrian in the Horoscopes of Antigonus of Nicaea; N. Campion: The Possible Survival of Babylonian Astrology in the Fifth Century CE: A Discussion of Historical Sources

Part II: Medieval Astrology: Muslim and Jewish Discourse D. Pingree: Mashaallah's Zoroastrian Historical Astrology; E. Orthmann: Circular Motions: Private Pleasure and Public Prognostication in the Nativities of the Mughal Emperor Akbar; A. Caiozzo: The Horoscope of Iskandar Sultan as a Cosmological Vision in the Islamic World; J. Rodríguez-Arribas: Historical Horoscopes of Israel: Abraham bar Hiyya, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Yosef ben Eliezer

Part III: The Use of Horoscopes in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe H. D. Rutkin: Various Uses of Horoscopes: Astrological Practices in Early Modem Europe; M. Azzolini: Reading Health in the Stars: Politics and Medical Astrology in Renaissance Milan; St. Vanden Broecke: Evidence and Conjecture in Cardano's Horoscope Collections; K. von Stuckrad: The Function of Horoscopes in Biographical Narrative: Cardano and After; G. Oestmann: J. W. A. Pfaff and the Rediscovery of Astrology in the Age of Romanticism Epilogue P. Curry: The Historiography of Astrology: A Diagnosis and a Prescription

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.11.2005
Reihe/Serie	Religion and Society ; 42
Zusatzinfo	Num. ill.
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	555 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Antikenrezeption • Astrologie • Astrology • Astrology; history; horoscopes; reception of antiquity; religious studies • Hardcover, Softcover / Religion/Theologie/Weitere Religionen • History • Horoscopes • Horoskope • Reception of Antiquity • Religionswissenschaft • Religious Studies
ISBN-10	3-11-018545-8 / 3110185458
ISBN-13	978-3-11-018545-4 / 9783110185454
Zustand	Neuware