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Dominion de Tom Holland

Dominion

Autor Tom Holland
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 oct 2019

Prin lucrarea Dominion, Tom Holland propune o schimbare radicală de perspectivă asupra istoriei ideilor, demonstrând că, deși trăim într-o eră aparent post-creștină, mintea occidentală rămâne profund ancorată în valorile și etica revoluției creștine. Spre deosebire de lucrările sale anterioare, precum Rubicon sau Dynasty, care se concentrau pe mecanismele puterii în Roma antică, Dominion urmărește modul în care o credință considerată inițial scandaloasă — divinitatea unui om crucificat — a reușit să submineze și să înlocuiască valorile lumii clasice. Subliniem faptul că autorul nu scrie o istorie a teologiei, ci o istorie a impactului cultural, argumentând că până și conceptele de secularism sau drepturile omului sunt, în esență, moștenitori ai „semințelor” creștine. Putem afirma că volumul acoperă aceeași arie tematică precum Why You Think the Way You Do de Glenn S. Sunshine, însă abordarea lui Holland este mult mai narativă și vastă, extinzându-se dincolo de sfera pur teologică pentru a include fenomene pop-culture sau mișcări sociale contemporane. În timp ce Born Bad de James Boyce se concentrează pe conceptul de păcat originar, Dominion oferă o panoramă mult mai largă, integrând știința, politica și moralitatea într-o structură cronologică riguroasă, susținută de 624 de pagini de analiză documentată.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780465093502
ISBN-10: 0465093507
Pagini: 624
Dimensiuni: 161 x 244 x 53 mm
Greutate: 0.92 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm Dominion cititorilor pasionați de istoria ideilor care doresc să înțeleagă de ce gândim așa cum o facem. Tom Holland demonstrează cu o erudiție captivantă că valorile noastre fundamentale nu sunt universale, ci rezultatul unei civilizații specifice. Este o lectură esențială pentru a descifra moștenirea invizibilă a creștinismului în legislația, morala și structura socială a lumii moderne, oferind claritate asupra originilor conceptelor noastre de libertate și egalitate.

Despre autor

NOTĂ: Datele biografice furnizate în sistem conțin o eroare de identificare între istoricul Tom Holland și actorul cu același nume. Tom Holland (Thomas Holland, n. 1968) este un reputat istoric britanic, specializat în antichitate și evul mediu timpuriu. Este autorul unor volume premiate precum Rubicon, distins cu premiul Hessell-Tiltman, și Persian Fire, care a câștigat Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award. Stilul său se remarcă prin combinarea cercetării academice riguroase cu un talent narativ deosebit, reușind să aducă la viață perioade complexe ale istoriei pentru publicul larg. Dominion reprezintă apogeul cercetărilor sale asupra evoluției civilizației occidentale.

Descriere scurtă

A historian of antiquity shows how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination

Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable. It was this that rendered it so suitable a punishment for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion-an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus-had been a god. Dominion explores the implications of this shocking conviction as they have reverberated throughout history.

Today, the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions. Our morals and ethics are not universal. Instead, they are the fruits of a very distinctive civilization. Concepts such as secularism, liberalism, science, and homosexuality are deeply rooted in a Christian seedbed. From Babylon to the Beatles, Saint Michael to #MeToo, Dominion tells the story of how Christianity transformed the world.

Notă biografică

Tom Holland is an award-winning historian of the ancient world, a translator of Greek classical texts, and a documentary writer. He is the author of six other books, including Rubicon, recipient of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and Persian Fire, winner of the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award. He contributes regularly to the Guardian, the Times of London, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He lives in London.

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THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

'Definitely my book of the year' Bernard Cornwell

'A rich and compelling history of Christendom . . . A masterpiece of scholarship and storytelling, Dominion surpasses Holland's earlier books in its sweeping ambition and gripping presentation' John Gray, New Statesman

'An absorbing survey of Christianity's subversive origins and enduring influence is filled with vivid portraits, gruesome deaths and moral debates . . . Holland has all the talents of an accomplished novelist' Terry Eagleton, Guardian

'Terrific: bold, ambitious and passionate' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads

'Fizzing with insights and challenges . . . a feast of intellectual entertainment' Christopher Hart, Sunday Times

Recenzii

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

'Definitely my book of the year' Bernard Cornwell

'A rich and compelling history of Christendom . . . A masterpiece of scholarship and storytelling, Dominion surpasses Holland's earlier books in its sweeping ambition and gripping presentation' John Gray, New Statesman

'An absorbing survey of Christianity's subversive origins and enduring influence is filled with vivid portraits, gruesome deaths and moral debates . . . Holland has all the talents of an accomplished novelist' Terry Eagleton, Guardian

'Terrific: bold, ambitious and passionate' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads

'Fizzing with insights and challenges . . . a feast of intellectual entertainment' Christopher Hart, Sunday Times

Terrific: bold, ambitious and passionate
Tom Holland is fun to read, monstrously erudite, wickedly joyful, and ahead of the established consensus, on average, by four years, three months, and two days
This extraordinary book is vintage Tom Holland: history boldly and elegantly retold, with fascinating interconnections traced to create a narrative that cannot fail to stimulate, for it leads to a never-ending question
Holland is an illuminating guide on a journey from Ancient Athens to 21st-century gay rights
Sustained with all the breadth, originality and erudition that we have come to associate with Holland's writing
Fizzing with insights and challenges, this is one history book that is timely and important, as well as a feast of intellectual entertainment
Holland is an exceptionally good storyteller with a marvellous eye for detail
An all-absorbing story
This book has ruffled feathers . . . lyrical, vivid
It's not often that you come across a book that completely transforms your understanding of the world
A rich and compelling history of Christendom . . . A masterpiece of scholarship and storytelling, Dominion surpasses Holland's earlier books in its sweeping ambition and gripping presentation
[Holland encapsulates] so much, so intelligently and entertainingly, in a book that's fizzing with ideas
I love the sweep of it
Tom Holland's stupendous new book . . . There isn't a page of this magnificent book that does not contain some
fascinating detail and the narrative is held together with a novelist's eye for character and theme

A brilliant meditation on how Christianity in its Latin and Protestant forms entirely changed the way humans conceive life and their relationship to each other
An absorbing survey of Christianity's subversive origins and enduring influence is filled with vivid portraits, gruesome deaths and moral debates . . . Holland has all the talents of an accomplished novelist: a gift for narrative, a lively sense of drama and a fine ear for the rhythm of a sentence
If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific learning, enthusiasm and good humour, Holland's book is not just supremely provocative, but often very funny
A bravura swing through centuries of Western European history . . . a cornucopia of characters and information: almost everyone would learn from it something they didn't know . . . the range and unobvious sweep of his narrative are most impressive
An erudite and fascinating look at the enduring legacy of Christianity, which, as numbers of believers are dwindling
Those who like their history with a dose of lessons about the present will be impressed by Tom Holland's ambitious Dominion
Definitely my book of the year