Διάλεξη Chiara Thumiger: THE PATHE AS OBJECT OF NATURE: THE PSEUDO-ARISTOTELIAN PROBLEMATA AS SOURCE IN ΤΗΕ HISTORY OF EMOTIONS

Την Πέμπτη 31 Μαρτίου, 6-7:30 το απόγευμα, στην αίθουσα συνεδριάσεων του Τμήματος Φιλολογίας, η Chiara Thumiger (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) θα δώσει μία διάλεξη με θέμα: THE PATHE AS OBJECT OF NATURE: THE PSEUDO-ARISTOTELIAN PROBLEMATA AS SOURCE IN ΤΗΕ HISTORY OF EMOTIONS

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ΠΕΡΙΛΗΨΗ: In this paper I want to present a set of texts which contain rich material about ancient views on the emotions, but have been much less scrutinised in this connection, the ps.-Aristoteian Problemata. I shall argue that the presentation and inquiries about the pathe in the Problemata differ in important ways, on the one hand, from medical accounts, to which they are obviously indebted, and, on the other hand, from literary narratives and from the latter’s emphasis on subjectivity and decision-making –thus creating a unique space for discussion which is both socio-cognitive and physiological at the same time.

CV: Chiara Thumiger is a classicist and a historian of science. In particular, her current interests are in ancient medicine and mental health; patient history; history of psychiatry; (ancient) disability studies; cultural history. She has also worked on other areas of ancient literatures and culture (Greek tragedy, ancient animals, ancient emotions, Ovid). Her last research project is a comprehensive account of the history of the ancient disease, phrenitis, one of the most important and earliest medical syndromes associated with mental disorder in ancient medicine, as well as for many centuries after. Her current project, Ancient Guts (Cluster of Excellence Roots, CAU University, Kiel) concerns medical and non-medical ideas about the innards of the body, especially those concerned with nutrition: their anatomy, functionality, and networks of metaphorical associations.