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Roma Sinica

Mutual interactions between Ancient Roman and Eastern Thought

Edited by: Andrea Balbo and Jaewon Ahn

ISSN: 2512-840X

e-ISSN 2512-8418

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Roma Sinica. Mutual interactions between Ancient Roman and Eastern Thought is an original and totally new element in the panorama of classical and comparative studies. The series, generously supported by the SIAC, it aims to publish works concerning the relationships between Ancient Western (Greek, Roman) and Eastern (Korean, Chinese, Japanese) thought. The mutual reception studies include interchange under various profiles (philosophical, religious, historical, literary), translations of Chinese/and Korean texts into Latin and vice versa, philology of ancient Chinese and Latin texts that share a common interest in the two civilizations and so on.

Series Editors:

Andrea Balbo, University of Turin

Jaewon Ahn, Seoul National University

Advisory Board:

Michele Ferrero, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Lee Kangjae, Seoul National University

David Konstan, New York University

Fritz-Heiner Mutschler, em. Technische Universität Dresden

Stefania Stafutti, University of Turin

Carlo Santini, University of Perugia

Alessandro Schiesaro, University of Manchester

Aldo Setaioli, University of Perugia

Francesco Stella, University of Siena

Chiara O. Tommasi, University of Pisa

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Global Latin II

Latin As a Vector of Cultural Exchange Beyond Europe

Elisa Della Calce, Paola Mocella, Simone Mollea

Volume 6 in this series

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The Global Latin II Conference has highlighted the role of the Latin language as cultural medium between West and East. Adopting a diachronic perspective which spans from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age, the conference and its proceedings have paid special attention to texts related to Africa and Asia. The richness of literary genres as well as the dialogue between the Humanities and hard sciences characterize this volume.

Students of Classics will find reflections on the role of Latin in the humanistic and missionary traditions, whereas historians of ideas and historians of religions will be able to pinpoint key moments in the use of Latin language and culture in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Ethiopian contexts. This volume can also be of interest to people working on Digital Humanities and computational linguistics in Latin language, and it represents a novelty on the world scene, along the lines of the previous Global Latin I Conference, which was yet again held in Siena in 2019.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783111307534
ISBN:: 9783111307534
ISBN:: 9783111308371
ISBN:: 9783111296173
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Comparative Literary Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

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Languages of Science between Western and Eastern Civilizations

Carlo Ferrari, Fabio Guidetti, Kihoon Kim

Volume 5 in this series

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From the 17^th century onwards, in a context of increasingly intense trade and diplomatic contacts, the exchange of scientific ideas became a key element in the encounters between the European world and the cultures of the Far East.

This volume investigates the ways in which scientific knowledge was transferred and disseminated to new audiences, whose cultural background was very different from that in which such knowledge had originally developed. A vital role in this process was played by the Jesuit mission in China, whose members included intellectuals with a keen interest in cross-cultural comparison. The study of the local languages enabled the transfer of knowledge in both directions, through translations of existing texts and the production of new ones for both Chinese and European audiences. The papers in the volume, authored by specialists in various fields of cultural studies, highlight the intellectual effort and strategies by which scientific works were made available and understandable beyond cultural differences.

The volume will be welcome to those interested not only in cultural interactions between Europe and the Far East, but also in translation studies, particularly in the dissemination of scientific knowledge.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783111308289
ISBN:: 9783111308289
ISBN:: 9783111308449
ISBN:: 9783111300825
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Comparative Literary Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

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Korea and the “Others”

Studies on Korean Actions and Reactions Towards the Rest of the World

Maurizio Riotto

Volume 4 in this series

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This book intends to be a reaction to a remarkable paradox within Korean studies, easily encountered even by non-experts. While many Korean studies journals strongly encourage the submission of "multicultural" and "transnational" articles, in fact, very few scholars in the world are able to receipt this message.

The volume analyzes various episodes of confrontation, both "physical" and "cultural", between the people of Korea and foreign counterparts (i.e.: the "others") in various historical moments. It was devised and born within the Humanities Korea Plus (HK+) Project entitled Collectio, collatio, connectio, which is sponsored by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea and is currently underway at Anyang University in Anyang City, Republic of Korea. This project aims to explore documents on relations and exchanges between East and West, especially (but not only) in pre-modern times and it aspires to serve as a turning point in the history of comparative and transnational studies on Korea. In doing so, it also attempts to address deficiencies in existing scholarship, especially with regard to comparisons between the Far East (and Korea in particular) and the cultures of the Near/Middle East and the classic and medieval West.

It follows that this volume has as its target a rather broad academic audience, not limited merely to the field of Korean studies, but ranging from the ancient Mediterranean to Japan, passing through medieval and modern Europe.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783111322599
ISBN:: 9783111322599
ISBN:: 9783111318073
ISBN:: 9783111322728
Subject:: Asian and Pacific Studies
Subject:: East Asia
Subject:: Korea
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Asia-Pacific
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Comparative Literary Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

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Emotions across Cultures

Ancient China and Greece

David Konstan

Volume 3 in this series

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It is now recognized that emotions have a history. In this book, eleven scholars examine a variety of emotions in ancient China and classical Greece, in their historical and social context. A general introduction presents the major issues in the analysis of emotions across cultures and over time in a given tradition. Subsequent chapters consider how specific emotions evolve and change. For example, whereas for early Chinese thinkers, worry was a moral defect, it was later celebrated as a sign that one took responsibility for things. In ancient Greece, hope did not always focus on a positive outcome, and in this respect differed from what we call “hope.” Daring not to do, or “undaring,” was itself an emotional value in early China. While Aristotle regarded the inability to feel anger as servile, the Roman Stoic Seneca rejected anger entirely. Hatred and revenge were encouraged at one moment in China and repressed at another. Ancient Greek responses to tragedy do not map directly onto modern emotional registers, and yet are similar to classical Chinese and Indian descriptions. There are differences in the very way emotions are conceived. This book will speak to anyone interested in the many ways that human beings feel.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110784312
ISBN:: 9783110784312
ISBN:: 9783110784343
ISBN:: 9783110779905
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Comparative Literary Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

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Empire and Politics in the Eastern and Western Civilizations

Searching for a 'Respublica Romanosinica'

Andrea Balbo, Jaewon Ahn, Kihoon Kim

Volume 2 in this series

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The volume includes the proceedings of the 2nd Roma Sinica project conference held in Seoul in September 2019 and aims to compare some features of the ancient political thought in the Western classical tradition and in the Eastern ancient thought. The contributors, coming from Korea, Europe, USA, China, Japan, propose new patterns of interpretation of the mutual interactions and proximities between these two cultural worlds and offer also a perspective of continuity between contemporary and ancient political thought.

Therefore, this book is a reference place in the context of the comparative research between Roman (and early Greek thought) and Eastern thought. Researchers interested in Cicero, Seneca, Plato, post-Platonic and post Aristotelic philosophical schools, history, ancient Roman and Chinese languages could find interesting materials in this work.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110731590
ISBN:: 9783110731590
ISBN:: 9783110735338
ISBN:: 9783110731651
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
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Confucius and Cicero

Old Ideas for a New World, New Ideas for an Old World

Andrea Balbo, Jaewon Ahn

Volume 1 in this series

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This book explores the relationships between ancient Roman and Confucian thought, paying particular attention to their relevance for the contemporary world. More than 10 scholars from all around the world offer thereby a reference work for the comparative research between Roman (and early Greek) and Eastern thought, setting new trends in the panorama of Classical and Comparative Studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110616804
ISBN:: 9783110616804
ISBN:: 9783110617009
ISBN:: 9783110616606
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter