Asceticism and Empire: Asceticism as Body-politics in Isaac of Nineveh and Hardt & NegriStudia TheologicaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/VWZG7LMJ/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.PatrikHagmanAsceticism and Empire: Asceticism as Body-politics in Isaac of Nineveh and Hardt & Negrihttp://syriaca.org/cbss/VWZG7LMJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/VWZG7LMJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/VWZG7LMJStudia Theologica65:1201139-53In this article, the author attempts to clarify the motivation and goals of early Christian ascetics by treating asceticism as a political concept. By reading the ascetic tracts of Isaac of Nineveh (7th century), and drawing on some views on the role of the body in the practice of resistance in Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, the author argues that ascetics like Isaac used their bodies to resist the control of ancient society and to create a tangible image – or icon – of a different way of living and of a different kind of society – the kingdom of God. Using a threefold typology of asceticism as transformative, performative and bodily, and focusing especially on the role of the body, a new way of understanding Christian asceticism emerges that, on the one hand, clearly distances itself from earlier models that viewed asceticism as an alien element in the Christian tradition; and, on the other hand, makes it possible to use the concept of asceticism to understand present day forms of resistance.
Hagman, Patrik. “Asceticism and Empire: Asceticism as Body-Politics in Isaac of Nineveh and Hardt & Negri.” Studia Theologica 65:1 (2011): 39–53.
Patrik Hagman, Asceticism and Empire: Asceticism as Body-Politics in Isaac of Nineveh and Hardt & Negri,Studia Theologica 65:1 (2011): 39–53.Isaac of NinevehNestoriansVII CEVII-XVIII CEasceticismbodypolitics