Reconstructing Late Antique Psychology: Reversion, Conversion and Introversion of the Soul
The religious, theological and philosophical discourse in Late Antiquity concerning the human soul, the Greek psuche, reveals a sophisticated and complex psychological language that was aimed at conceptualizing and articulating the act of conversion. The analysis of Gnostic, Orthodox Christian, and...
| Published in: | Journal for late antique religion and culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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| In: |
Journal for late antique religion and culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gnosis
/ Orthodox Church
/ Neoplatonism
/ Soul
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion BE Greco-Roman religions BF Gnosticism KDF Orthodox Church NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit |
| Further subjects: | B
Paganism
B Plotinus B Christianity B Conversion B Neoplatonism B Gnosis |
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| Summary: | The religious, theological and philosophical discourse in Late Antiquity concerning the human soul, the Greek psuche, reveals a sophisticated and complex psychological language that was aimed at conceptualizing and articulating the act of conversion. The analysis of Gnostic, Orthodox Christian, and Neoplatonic writings in relation to the psuche shows the cardinal role that this term played in formulating individual processes of mental transformation. Attributing active agency, mutability and relational aspect to the individual psuche turned it into a unique conceptual device, necessary to define anew the human condition. |
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| ISSN: | 1754-517X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for late antique religion and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18573/j.2016.10115 |