Deciphering the Uncertain: Sociological and Epistemological Aspects of Divination in Early Text Cult
The two-day conference aims to present a comprehensive, comparative appraisal of the structural features underpinning a human universal concern, uncertainty. This concern was commonly expressed in early text cultures through divinatory practices. For the purposes of this conference, divination will be understood as an activity devoted to uncovering the hidden significance of events and signs, with the latter being either directly observed in nature or deliberately obtained. We intend to broaden the widely accepted concept of divination as the mere act of foretelling the future. Such mantic activities may include, but need not be limited to, communication with transcendent realities conceived both as divine beings or as universal cosmic order.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 24-25/06/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: China Centre, University of Oxford (Oxford, England)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Domenico Giordani; Flaminia Pischedda.
INFO: web - domenico.giordani@sjc.ox.ac.uk - flaminia.pischedda@pmb.ox.ac.uk
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Aquí/here/qui Deadline: 21/06/2019
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA: Aqui/here/qui