Yunanlıların dini, bizim bugün anladığımız anlamda bir din olarak düşünülebilir mi? Yazarın bu soruya cevabı hayır, vahyedilmiş tektanrıcı dinler ile Yunan çoktanrıcılığı birbirine karıştırılmamalıdır. Tektanrıcı dinler kilise dolayımıyla kişinin bireysel kurtuluşunu sağlamayı amaçlarken Yunan çoktanrıcılığı antik kentin politik sınırlarında hareket eder. Din, kentlerin kurumları içerisine yerleşerek dünyevi bir yaşama yö yurttaşları, kurtuluşları başka bir dünyada sağlanacak insanlar olarak değil, varlıkları tamamen bu dünyada olan insanlar olarak görmeyi amaçlar. Din, mezhepçi akımları ve marjinalleri kendi alanı dışına atar, bu atılanları ise felsefe sahiplenir.
Jean-Pierre Vernant was a French historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth, tragedy, and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars. He was an honorary professor at the Collège de France.
Born in Provins, France, Vernant at first studied philosophy, receiving his agrégation in this field in 1937.
A member of the Young Communists (Jeunes Communistes), Vernant joined the French Resistance during World War II and was a member of Libération-sud (founded by Emmanuel d'Astier). He later commanded the French Interior Forces (FFI) in Haute-Garonne under the pseudonym of "Colonel Berthier." He was a Companion of the Liberation. After the war, he remained a member of the French Communist Party until 1969.
He entered the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in 1948 and, under the influence of Louis Gernet, turned to the study of ancient Greek anthropology. Ten years later, he became director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). In 1971 he was professor in the University of São Paulo. This visit was also an act of protest that he made with François Châtelet against the brazilian military government (dictatorship).
He was a member of the French sponsorship committee for the Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. He supported the funding organisation Non-Violence XXI.
He was awarded the CNRS gold medal in 1984. In 2002, he received an honorary doctorate at the University of Crete.
Vernant died a few days after his 93rd birthday in Sèvres.
The book shows the unique thought of J. P. Vernant, who employed an updated version of the structuralist analysis of mythology (that was earlier demonstrated by Claude Lévi-Strauss) to study Greek myths in connection or juxtaposition to the issues of marriage, customs, wars, etc. Coming from a Marxist standpoint, he stressed the historical embeddedness of particular myths and socio-political elements related to them, and, of course, their ideological background. Interestingly, this approach did not lead him to reductionism one might expect, on the contrary, sociocultural context allowed him to more thoroughly explore the meanings of the signs, symbols, and other elements of the studied material.
Imprescindible ensayo para comprender la relación entre la religión griega y su sociedad, sus implicaciones en el día día e incluso en la conformación de su misma cultura -tanto política como social-. Pese a manejar un vocabulario y estilo denso -muy académico- su lectura resulta apasionante para cualquier persona interesada en el mundo clásico.
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