Lea Niccolai
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4299859 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Lea Niccolai |
| PRENOMES | Lea |
| SOBRENOME | Niccolai |
| ASSINATURA | NICCOLAI L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Platonic Hair
This paper discusses the role of hair and beard in fourth-century debates on the appearance of “public intellectuals”—a label I use to designate individuals combining a commitment to philosophy with political participation. I take as my starting points two writings articulating the philosopher’s relationship with hair grooming: Emperor Julian’s Misopogon and Synesius of Cyrene’s Praise of Baldness . In their playful but programmatic pieces, Julia…
Cultivating and Contesting the Spiritual Meaning of Male Hair
This thematic cluster aims to advance the methodology for hair interpretations in historical settings with attention to theories and practices specifically dedicated to male hair—which, despite recent interest, still remains relatively understudied—and via a focus on one particular and important axis of significance: religion. We address the grooming of male hair from late antique to early modern Europe, focusing especially on theories of differe…
Julian the Emperor and the Reaction against Christianity
The question of whether a supreme authority can perform resistance – a notion presupposing confrontation with a force that is equal, if not superior – is here addressed through the case study of Emperor Julian’s opposition to Christianity. During the year and a half of his rule, Julian engaged in attempts to control the religious life of the Roman Empire, seeking to reverse the religious agenda pursued by his Christian predecessors Constantine an…
Christianity, Philosophy, and Roman Power
This book rethinks the Christianisation of the late Roman empire as a crisis of knowledge, pointing to competitive cultural re-assessment as a major driving force in the making of the Constantinian and post-Constantinian state. Emperor Julian's writings are re-assessed as key to accessing the rise and consolidation of a Christian politics of interpretation that relied on exegesis as a self-legitimising device to secure control over Roman history …
Synesius of Cyrene, Sophist-Bishop
Les études récentes sur Synesius de Cyrène rejettent de plus en plus la thèse traditionnelle qui le considérait comme un nouveau venu dans le christianisme, pour le considérer plutôt comme un chrétien flexible et antidogmatique. Cependant, tout en reflétant notre meilleure compréhension de l’expérience de la religion vécue à la fin de l’Antiquité, cette position néglige un aspect crucial de l’idenrité religieuse de Synesius: son auto-récit. À tra…
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Synesius of Cyrene, Sophist-Bishop
Les études récentes sur Synesius de Cyrène rejettent de plus en plus la thèse traditionnelle qui le considérait comme un nouveau venu dans le christianisme, pour le considérer plutôt comme un chrétien flexible et antidogmatique. Cependant, tout en reflétant notre meilleure compréhension de l’expérience de la religion vécue à la fin de l’Antiquité, cette position néglige un aspect crucial de l’idenrité religieuse de Synesius: son auto-récit. À tra…
Julian the Emperor and the Reaction against Christianity
The question of whether a supreme authority can perform resistance – a notion presupposing confrontation with a force that is equal, if not superior – is here addressed through the case study of Emperor Julian’s opposition to Christianity. During the year and a half of his rule, Julian engaged in attempts to control the religious life of the Roman Empire, seeking to reverse the religious agenda pursued by his Christian predecessors Constantine an…
Christianity, Philosophy, and Roman Power
This book rethinks the Christianisation of the late Roman empire as a crisis of knowledge, pointing to competitive cultural re-assessment as a major driving force in the making of the Constantinian and post-Constantinian state. Emperor Julian's writings are re-assessed as key to accessing the rise and consolidation of a Christian politics of interpretation that relied on exegesis as a self-legitimising device to secure control over Roman history …
Platonic Hair
This paper discusses the role of hair and beard in fourth-century debates on the appearance of “public intellectuals”—a label I use to designate individuals combining a commitment to philosophy with political participation. I take as my starting points two writings articulating the philosopher’s relationship with hair grooming: Emperor Julian’s Misopogon and Synesius of Cyrene’s Praise of Baldness . In their playful but programmatic pieces, Julia…
Cultivating and Contesting the Spiritual Meaning of Male Hair
This thematic cluster aims to advance the methodology for hair interpretations in historical settings with attention to theories and practices specifically dedicated to male hair—which, despite recent interest, still remains relatively understudied—and via a focus on one particular and important axis of significance: religion. We address the grooming of male hair from late antique to early modern Europe, focusing especially on theories of differe…
Classical Antiquity Studies (4 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Byzantine Studies and History (3 obras) · Emperor (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras) · Politics (3 obras) · Ancient history (2 obras) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 obras) · Christianity (2 obras)