02035namaa2200433uu 4500 doab90670 oapen 20260305123950.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 220803s2022 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9789004500143 9789004500433 10.1163/9789004500433 doi oapen oapen eng dc HB bicssc Wessels, A.B. edt Inventing Origins? Aetiological Thinking in Greek and Roman Antiquity Brill 2022 1 online resource (228 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star Aetiologies seem to gratify the human desire to understand the origin of a phenomenon. However, as this book demonstrates, aetiologies do not exclusively explore origins. Rather, in inventing origin stories they authorise the present and try to shape the future. This book explores aetiology as a tool for thinking, and draws attention to the paradoxical structure of origin stories. Aetiologies reduce complex ambivalence and plurality to plainly causal and temporal relations, but at the same time, by casting an anchor into the past, they open doors to progress and innovation. Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English History bicssc aetiological; Greek; Roman; Antiquity; etiologisch; Grieks; Romeins Klooster, J.J.H. edt Klooster, J.J.H. oth Wessels, A.B. oth DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90670 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 93020 93020