In-depth analysis of Plutarch's anti-Epicurean treatise Adversus Colotem.

L'Adversus Colotem, composto intorno al 100 d.C., fa parte, insieme al non posse e al de latenter vivendo, della cosiddetta 'trilogia anti-epicurea' di Plutarco. Questo volume analizza l'Adversus Colotem nel suo complesso, approfondendone, in particolar modo, le strategie polemiche, le alleanze filosofiche e le tecniche argomentative. Il libro si articola in quattro capitoli, rispettivamente dedicati: 1) all'analisi del...

Ideological heterogeneity in mass plays in Flanders and the Netherlands.

In many European countries mass theatre was a widespread expression of

'community art' which became increasingly popular shortly before the First

World War. From Max Reinhardt's lavish open-air spectacles to socialist

workers' Laienspiel (lay theatre), theatre visionaries focused on ever larger

groups for entertainment as well as political agitation.

Despite wide research on the Soviet and German cases, examples from

the...

Twintigste bundel van het interfacultair college 'Lessen voor de 21ste eeuw'Terugblikken helpt ons beter begrijpen waarom we zorg dragen voor watwe vandaag belangrijk vinden. Dit jaar herdenken we de Groote Oorlogdie honderd jaar geleden begon, het verdrag van Versailles dat al de kiemvan de Tweede Wereldoorlog bevatte en het ontstaan, vijfenzestig jaargeleden, van het genocideverdrag. Vandaag staat de Europese samenwerkingdie de ambitie had om de oude conflicten definitief op te heffenonder ...