A "comprehensive, passionate" portrait of the magnificent ancient city destroyed by ISIS: "Veyne speaks of Palmyra as one might of a lost lover" ( The Spectator).Located northeast of Damascus, in an oasis surrounded by palms and two mountain ranges, the ancient city of Palmyra has the aura of myth. According to the Bible, the city was built by Solomon. Regardless of its actual origins, it was an influential city, serving for centuries as a caravan stop for ...

Em meio aos recorrentes escândalos na Igreja Católica neste início de século, Paul Veyne realiza um profundo estudo sobre a incrível expansão do Cristianismo. O historiador e arqueólogo explica como a fé cristã pôde em apenas um século, entre os anos 300 e 400, se espalhar por todo o ocidente.Quando nosso mundo se tornou cristão apresenta as razões e consequências desta rápida propagação, que mudou os rumos da História. Ao analisar o progresso do cristiani...

Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne: the philosopher and the historian. Two major figures in the world of ideas, resisting all attempts at categorization. Two timeless thinkers who have long walked and fought together. In this short book Paul Veyne offers a fresh portrait of his friend and relaunches the debate about his ideas and legacy. ‘Foucault is not who you think he is’, writes Veyne; he stood neither on the left nor on the right and was frequently disowned by both. He was not so much a s...

Um testemunho único de um estudioso que conhecia bem Foucault, Foucault: Seu pensamento, sua pessoa consegue capturar de forma brilhante o cerne de seu pensamento e eliminar as confusões e mal-entendidos que tantas vezes caracterizaram a interpretação de Foucault e sua obra. Michel Foucault e Paul Veyne: o filósofo e o historiador. Duas grandes figuras do mundo das ideias que há muito caminham e lutam juntas, resistindo a toda as tentativas de categorização. Paul Veyne, que foi colega e gr...

Palmyra ist seit 1980 Teil des UNESCO-Welterbes. Die kulturelle Bedeutung dieser jahrtausendealten Oasenstadt, die so reich an archäologischen Denkmälern ist, hat sie nun zum Ziel des islamistischen Terrors werden lassen. Dort, wo seit unvordenklichen Zeiten Kultur geschaffen und gepflegt wurde, haben Dschihadisten mit dem Baal-Tempel ein einzigartiges antikes Bauwerk gesprengt. Den Hüter der Ruinenstadt Palmyra, Khaled al-Asaad – Archäologe, Generaldirektor der Altertümer von Palmyra von ...

This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests three possible explanations.Was it because a Roman emperor, Constantine, who was master of the Western world at the time, became a sincere convert to Christianity and set out to Christianize t...

The great stoic philosopher, playwright and Roman statesman of the first century, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, exercised enormous influence for nearly fifteen years as tutor and political advisor to the Emperor Nero until forced to commit suicide by his former pupil. In the hands of Annales School historian Paul Veyne, the dramatic story of his life - one of power, politics and intrigue - becomes a mirror of the time in which he lived.Seneca's philosophical writings remain our core sourc...

Was wäre aus der kleinen unterdrückten christlichen Sekte geworden, wenn Kaiser Konstantin nicht diese Religion angenommen hätte? Wäre alles anders gekommen? Gäbe es heute ein Europa, das sich gerne als christlich präsentiert, wäre es säkularer, wäre es islamisch oder heidnisch? Die Fragen, die der große französische Althistoriker Paul Veyne aufgreift, betreffen ein für Europa entscheidendes Jahrhundert: Was machte den christlichen Glauben für den Kaiser so attraktiv? Welche Art von Avantg...

Dossier : Le premier numéro de cette nouvelle série propose sept contributions consacrées à Alexandre le Grand, religion et tradition. Le dossier fournit un aperçu des tendances actuelles de l'historiographie sur Alexandre et sa légende. La réflexion sur le comportement religieux et le mythe d'Alexandre met en jeu un modèle et un miroir du pouvoir royal aux multiples facettes. Varia : Le volume comporte également un ensemble d'articles de varia qui propose, entre autres, des réflexions sur...

Après Saveurs, senteurs ; le goût de la Méditerranée, et Rythmes et Lumières de la Méditerranée, l’Equipe d’Accueil VECT-Mare Nostrum de l’Université de Perpignan-Via Domitia poursuit son exploration des cinq sens avec le dernier volet de cette trilogie : Le Corps dans les cultures méditerranéennes. Cette recherche s’est concrétisée sous forme d’un colloque international qui a eu lieu à l’Université de Perpignan-Via Domitia, les 30-31 mars et 1er avril 2006, sous la présidence du Pr. Paul ...