Venenum, or venenum? Tacitus, Magic, and Don Quixote’s Windmills : Some Remarks on the Methodology of the Study of Ancient Magic

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Venenum, or venenum? Tacitus, Magic, and Don Quixote’s Windmills : Some Remarks on the Methodology of the Study of Ancient Magic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The difficulties that complicate the search for a universally acceptable definition of “magic” have led some scholars to attempt to delineate magic using emic data. The main objective of this chapter is to discuss the practical applicability of emic data to further define magic. The chosen test case, a passage from Tacitus (Annales II, 69), is seen as a serious obstacle to these attempts. The emic approach, which seeks to understand magic in terms of the culture under study, has only a limited contribution to make to the formulation of a general category of magic, as Tacitus uses a single word, venenum, for two different activities (a magical attack and a poisoning). The translation of this expression, and thus the interpretation of the whole incident, becomes impossible unless we have a pre-existing etic category of magic at our disposal, even if it remains unexpressed.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Venenum, or venenum? Tacitus, Magic, and Don Quixote’s Windmills : Some Remarks on the Methodology of the Study of Ancient Magic

Popis výsledku anglicky

The difficulties that complicate the search for a universally acceptable definition of “magic” have led some scholars to attempt to delineate magic using emic data. The main objective of this chapter is to discuss the practical applicability of emic data to further define magic. The chosen test case, a passage from Tacitus (Annales II, 69), is seen as a serious obstacle to these attempts. The emic approach, which seeks to understand magic in terms of the culture under study, has only a limited contribution to make to the formulation of a general category of magic, as Tacitus uses a single word, venenum, for two different activities (a magical attack and a poisoning). The translation of this expression, and thus the interpretation of the whole incident, becomes impossible unless we have a pre-existing etic category of magic at our disposal, even if it remains unexpressed.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Taking Seriously, Not Taking Sides : Challenges and Perspectives in the Study of Religions

ISBN

9783506796608

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

177-191

Počet stran knihy

378

Název nakladatele

Brill

Místo vydání

Leiden

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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