The Ancient World Online: Connected Philology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Transcultural Encounters

Even though the similarities of philological methods and traditions
across various cultures have been the subject of scholarly research, the
reasons for these occurrences usually remain obscure. The present
volume addresses this obscurity through introducing the concept of
‘Connected Philology’ from an interdisciplinary perspective. ‘Connected
Philology’ explores underlying causes for similarities in philological
practices: in the process of re-textualisation, written and oral
traditions are translated, reformulated, and combined; the contact with
foreign cultures leads to the expression of unfamiliar concepts in other
languages, and the reconceptualisation of word meanings. In addition,
such practices are understood in the context of an interplay between
politics, society, and individual actors. The contributions focus on
transcultural encounters, the subsequent movement of texts, processes of
cultural transfer, as well as the history and politics of connected and
connecting philology.
Connected Philology transcends both
national and disciplinary boundaries within philology and establishes
connections with history, cultural studies, and linguistics.

of cultural transfer, as well as the history and politics of connected and connecting philology.
Connected Philology
transcends both national and disciplinary boundaries within philology
and establishes connections with history, cultural studies, and
linguistics.

eBook ISBN:
9783111432861

Hardcover ISBN:
9783111366753

Audience(s) for this book

Scholars and students of all philologies, cultural studies, linguistics, history

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Marco Pouget and Luis Schäfer Open Access

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Single Words in Cultural Transfer Processes
Philological Practices in Reading Orazio della Penna’s (1680–1745) Tibetan-Italian-Tibetan Dictionary Federica Venturi Open Access

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Buddhist Sutras and Cultural Translation in Rašīd al-Dīn’s Ǧāmiʿ al-tawārīḫ Chia-Wei Lin Open Access

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An Analysis of Gal 3:28 through the Lens of Cultural Transfer Jonas Müller Open Access

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Textual Networks and Transcultural Encounters
Andrea Acri Open Access

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Korinna Gonschorek Open Access

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History and Politics of Connected and Connecting Philology
Nikola Wenner Open Access

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Natalia Kamovnikova Open Access

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Because Moralı Open Access

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Christian Høgel Open Access