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Bettini, Maurizio was born on July 24, 1947 in Bressanone, Italy. Son of Nino Bettini and Anna Tescari.
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Classical Indiscretions: A Millennial Enquiry into the Status of the Classics
(This provocative book, written with a light touch but fir...)
This provocative book, written with a light touch but firmly rooted in the Classics, ranges over the whole of Western literary cultures, addressing many of the major issues we face at the turn of the millennium. What is our shared cultural currency? What use, good or bad, do we make of it? Why should anyone study the Classics? The tyranny of millennial introspection, the urge for instant gratification, the attraction of the cultural cannon, the way writing encloses or even imprisons – all these themes are brought together in a passionate plea for the Classics as essentially impervious to these vulgar urges of our age – the Age of Indiscretion.
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Anthropology and Roman Culture: Kinship, Time, Images of the Soul (Ancient Society and History)
( How did Roman family relationships differ from our own?...)
How did Roman family relationships differ from our own? What metaphors did the Romans use to express abstractions such as time? What can we learn from the cultural symbols of their religion and literature? In Anthropology and Roman Culture, Maurizio Bettini employs the methods of structural anthropology to examine a series of social, ethical, and religious issues characteristic of Roman culture in the classical period. Bettini begins by examining the system of kinship within the extended Roman family. He shows how the "stern" Roman father and "indulgent" Roman mother had their exact counterparts elsewhere in the family: the harsh "father's brother" (patruus) and the tolerant "mother's brother" (avunculus). He discusses the complex Roman spatial conception of time (in which the future, for instance, could be said to lie "behind" as well as "ahead" of us), applying his findings in an analysis of Roman literature and culture. And he examines the cultural symbolism of the bee, the butterfly, and the bat, all of which served to represent the survival of the human soul after death. Recent classical scholarship has seen the successful application of an anthropological approach to Greek studies. Maurizio Bettini has shown the ways in which this practice can benefit Roman studies as well. Drawing on a wide range of literary and documentary sources, Anthropology and Roman Culture is now available for the first time in English translation.
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The Portrait of the Lover (Joan Palevsky Book in Classical Literature)
( There are a surprising number of stories from antiquity...)
There are a surprising number of stories from antiquity about people who fall in love with statues or paintings, and about lovers who use such visual representations as substitutes for an absent beloved. In a charmingly conversational, witty meditation on this literary theme, Maurizio Bettini moves into a wide-ranging consideration of the relationship between self and image, the nature of love in the ancient world, the role of representation in culture, and more. Drawing on historical events and cultural practices as well as literary works, The Portrait of the Lover is a lucid excursion into the anthropology of the image. The majority of the stories and poems Bettini examines come from Greek and Roman classical antiquity, but he reaches as far as Petrarch, Da Ponte, and Poe. The stories themselves—ranging from the impassioned to the bizarre, and from the sublime to the hilarious—serve as touchstones for Bettini's evocative explorations of the role of representation in literature and in culture. Although he begins with a consideration of lovers' portraits, Bettini soon broadens his concerns to include the role of shadows, dreams, commemorative statues, statues brought to life, and vengeful statues—in short, an entire range of images that take on a life of their own. The chapters shift skillfully from one theme to another, touching on the nature of desire, loss, memory, and death. Bettini brings to the discussion of these tales not only a broad learning about cultures but also a delighted sense of wonder and admiration for the evocative power and endless variety of the stories themselves.
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Maurizio Bettini
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Laurea, University Pisa, Italy, 1970.
Career
From assistant professor to professor University Pisa, 1975—1981. Professor University Siena, Italy, since 1985, dean faculty arts and science Italy, 1986—1995, director Center Antropologia e Mondo Antico Italy, since 1987. Editorial consultant Einandi Public, Turin, Italy, since 1996.
Visiting professor University California, Berkeley, since 1992.
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Anthropology and Roman Culture: Kinship, Time, Images of the Soul (Ancient Society and History)
( How did Roman family relationships differ from our own?...)
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Classical Indiscretions: A Millennial Enquiry into the Status of the Classics
(This provocative book, written with a light touch but fir...)
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The Portrait of the Lover (Joan Palevsky Book in Classical Literature)
( There are a surprising number of stories from antiquity...)
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Anthropology and Roman Culture: Kinship, Time, Images of the Soul (Ancient Society and History)
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Married Maria Alessandra Mariotti, September 8, 1974. 1 child Clelia.
