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The Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory: A Comparative Exploration

The Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory: A Comparative Exploration

Pajevic, Marko

Hardcover

Literary CriticismEtymologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004524169
ISBN13: 9789004524163
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jan 3 2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
This edited volume provides a comparative exploration of corresponding concepts of the abyss in various languages and cultures. Fourteen chapters investigate ancient cultures such as Hebrew, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit and Old Norse, but also more contemporary American, African and Asian languages, such as Hawaiian, Umbundu, Chinese and Khasi, as well as European languages, such as German, Estonian, English, French, Polish and Russian. The book combines ethnolinguistics with history of ideas, literature, folklore, religion and translation, based on the conviction that language and our linguistic concepts give evidence of and shape our ideas about the world and about ourselves.

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