Reconsidering the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama: Towards a Meth-od for the Study of Free Speech in the Thought of Augustine
By applying tools of the history of emotions to study the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama—a friend, episcopal colleague, and the first biographer of Augustine of Hippo—the present article analyzes parrhesia or fearless speech as an exercise in the regulation of fear, of which authentic martyr...
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Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
2022-10-01
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By applying tools of the history of emotions to study the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama—a friend, episcopal colleague, and the first biographer of Augustine of Hippo—the present article analyzes parrhesia or fearless speech as an exercise in the regulation of fear, of which authentic martyrdom is the ideal expression in early Christian North Africa. The study accentuates the centrality of parrhesia in Augustine’s life and reflection and challenges current scholarly assumptions about the parameters of parrhesia as a social construct and about the nature of its Christianizing transformations in late Antiquity.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c05b43f367464957ab3e9da34b9e9fef2022-12-22T04:13:11ZspaUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaCuestiones Teológicas0120-131X2389-99802022-10-014911210.18566/cueteo.v49n112.a03Reconsidering the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama: Towards a Meth-od for the Study of Free Speech in the Thought of AugustinePablo Irizar0McGill University By applying tools of the history of emotions to study the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama—a friend, episcopal colleague, and the first biographer of Augustine of Hippo—the present article analyzes parrhesia or fearless speech as an exercise in the regulation of fear, of which authentic martyrdom is the ideal expression in early Christian North Africa. The study accentuates the centrality of parrhesia in Augustine’s life and reflection and challenges current scholarly assumptions about the parameters of parrhesia as a social construct and about the nature of its Christianizing transformations in late Antiquity. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/cuestiones/article/view/7891Fearless SpeechParrhesiaMartyrdomEmotionsAugustinePossidius |
| spellingShingle | Pablo Irizar Reconsidering the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama: Towards a Meth-od for the Study of Free Speech in the Thought of Augustine Cuestiones Teológicas Fearless Speech Parrhesia Martyrdom Emotions Augustine Possidius |
| title | Reconsidering the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama: Towards a Meth-od for the Study of Free Speech in the Thought of Augustine |
| title_full | Reconsidering the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama: Towards a Meth-od for the Study of Free Speech in the Thought of Augustine |
| title_fullStr | Reconsidering the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama: Towards a Meth-od for the Study of Free Speech in the Thought of Augustine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reconsidering the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama: Towards a Meth-od for the Study of Free Speech in the Thought of Augustine |
| title_short | Reconsidering the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama: Towards a Meth-od for the Study of Free Speech in the Thought of Augustine |
| title_sort | reconsidering the vita augustini by possidius of calama towards a meth od for the study of free speech in the thought of augustine |
| topic | Fearless Speech Parrhesia Martyrdom Emotions Augustine Possidius |
| url | https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/cuestiones/article/view/7891 |
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