Spiegler Ran
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195398717
- eISBN:
- 9780199896790
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195398717.003.0012
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Behavioural Economics
This chapter overviews themes that recur throughout the book: price complexity, spurious product differentiation, market transactions as a form of speculative trade, the role of consumer protection ...
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This chapter overviews themes that recur throughout the book: price complexity, spurious product differentiation, market transactions as a form of speculative trade, the role of consumer protection policies an other regulatory interventions, and the externalities between rational and boundedly rational consumersLess
This chapter overviews themes that recur throughout the book: price complexity, spurious product differentiation, market transactions as a form of speculative trade, the role of consumer protection policies an other regulatory interventions, and the externalities between rational and boundedly rational consumers
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846314780
- eISBN:
- 9781846316203
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846316203.001
- Subject:
- Literature, Poetry
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this volume which is about the representation of place and space in the works of Irish author Ciaran Carson. This volume provides a comprehensive ...
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This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this volume which is about the representation of place and space in the works of Irish author Ciaran Carson. This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of all of Carson's work to date including poetry, prose, and translation, with the objective of identifying the recurrent themes manifested across his oeuvre and in the different genres in which he writes. It also considers the irreducible particularity and eccentricity of his individual texts.Less
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this volume which is about the representation of place and space in the works of Irish author Ciaran Carson. This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of all of Carson's work to date including poetry, prose, and translation, with the objective of identifying the recurrent themes manifested across his oeuvre and in the different genres in which he writes. It also considers the irreducible particularity and eccentricity of his individual texts.
Mark Smith
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199582228
- eISBN:
- 9780191747458
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199582228.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion, Ancient History / Archaeology
This chapter summarizes the results of the previous seven chapters. It also identifies recurrent themes in the book, discusses the benefits of the investigative approach adopted in it, and explores ...
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This chapter summarizes the results of the previous seven chapters. It also identifies recurrent themes in the book, discusses the benefits of the investigative approach adopted in it, and explores two further questions (1) why did Osiris rise to prominence when he did and eclipse existing deities associated with the afterlife to become the primary god of the dead, and (2) why did belief in him finally cease to attract adherents? We are unable to answer the first of these questions with certainty. One reason why Osiris eclipsed other deities to become the primary Egyptian god of the dead was that he offered something which they did not: the prospect of eternal life in divine form. Nor can we provide an answer to the second question, other than to say that at some point belief in the Osirian afterlife ceased to have meaning for those who had once embraced it. Before this happened, however, that belief had not only survived but flourished for centuries, thus demonstrating the enduring power of its attraction.Less
This chapter summarizes the results of the previous seven chapters. It also identifies recurrent themes in the book, discusses the benefits of the investigative approach adopted in it, and explores two further questions (1) why did Osiris rise to prominence when he did and eclipse existing deities associated with the afterlife to become the primary god of the dead, and (2) why did belief in him finally cease to attract adherents? We are unable to answer the first of these questions with certainty. One reason why Osiris eclipsed other deities to become the primary Egyptian god of the dead was that he offered something which they did not: the prospect of eternal life in divine form. Nor can we provide an answer to the second question, other than to say that at some point belief in the Osirian afterlife ceased to have meaning for those who had once embraced it. Before this happened, however, that belief had not only survived but flourished for centuries, thus demonstrating the enduring power of its attraction.
Gerard O'Daly
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- November 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780198841241
- eISBN:
- 9780191876806
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198841241.003.0012
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
The City of God, like other major works of Augustine—such as the De Trinitate (begun in 399 and concluded in the years 422–6) and De Genesi ad Litteram (written between 401 and 414)—took shape over ...
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The City of God, like other major works of Augustine—such as the De Trinitate (begun in 399 and concluded in the years 422–6) and De Genesi ad Litteram (written between 401 and 414)—took shape over several years. In common with the other works just mentioned, it explores central themes of Augustine’s thought. This chapter briefly relates City to other writings of Augustine. Special attention is given to two earlier works, De Vera Religione (On True Religion), De Catechizandis Rudibus (First Catechetical Instruction), where themes of City are anticipated: true religion, Platonic influences, use of antitheses, biblical history and its use in catechesis, order, eschatology.Less
The City of God, like other major works of Augustine—such as the De Trinitate (begun in 399 and concluded in the years 422–6) and De Genesi ad Litteram (written between 401 and 414)—took shape over several years. In common with the other works just mentioned, it explores central themes of Augustine’s thought. This chapter briefly relates City to other writings of Augustine. Special attention is given to two earlier works, De Vera Religione (On True Religion), De Catechizandis Rudibus (First Catechetical Instruction), where themes of City are anticipated: true religion, Platonic influences, use of antitheses, biblical history and its use in catechesis, order, eschatology.
