Work and Nature in Syrian Monasticism, from Theodoret of Cyrrhus’ Religious History
In this work, we propose to analyze how nature, embodied in the social spaces of production, conditions and structures the forms of representation of Syrian asceticism towards the 5th century AD. In that sense, this paper analyzes stories of saints compiled by Bishop Theodoret of Cyrrhus, who builds...
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I28-R242-article-165662025-03-11T18:50:28Z Work and Nature in Syrian Monasticism, from Theodoret of Cyrrhus’ Religious History Trabajo y naturaleza en el monacato sirio, a partir de la Historia Religiosa de Teodoreto de Cirros Torena, Guido nature asceticism labour peasantry Theodoret of Cyrrhus naturaleza ascetismo trabajo campesinado Teodoreto de Cirros In this work, we propose to analyze how nature, embodied in the social spaces of production, conditions and structures the forms of representation of Syrian asceticism towards the 5th century AD. In that sense, this paper analyzes stories of saints compiled by Bishop Theodoret of Cyrrhus, who builds an ascetic ideal and example to imitate. However, within that ideal, we can access the subjects he leaves aside: free and unfree peasants. This must be understood from the complex relationship that monasticism and Christianity had with the notion of work as well as with the matter in its generality. Thus, we maintain as a hypothesis that, although rejected by Syrian asceticism, manual work is part of the bishop’s ideological structure when writing the lives of saints. In other words, work and nature are an inseparable binomial from the Christian practice of renouncing all material things. En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar las formas en las que la naturaleza, encarnada en los espacios sociales de producción, condicionan y estructuran las formas de representación del ascetismo sirio hacia el siglo V d. C. En ese sentido, el trabajo analiza historias de santos recopiladas a partir del obispo Teodoreto de Cirros, quien construye un ideal ascético y ejemplo a imitar. Sin embargo, dentro de ese ideal podemos acceder a los sujetos que deja de lado: campesinos libres y no libres. Esto debe entenderse a partir de la compleja relación que tuvo el monacato y el cristianismo con la noción de trabajo así como con la materia en su generalidad. En función de ello, mantenemos como hipótesis que el trabajo manual si bien se expresa dentro del rechazo por parte del ascetismo sirio, forma parte de la estructura ideológica del obispo a la hora de escribir las vidas de santos. En otras palabras, trabajo y naturaleza resultan un binomio indisociable de la práctica cristiana de renuncia a todo lo material. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2024-12-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/16566 10.34096/ahamm.v58.2.16566 Anales de Historia Antigua, Medieval y Moderna; Vol. 58 Núm. 2 (2024) 1853-1555 1514-9927 spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/16566/14042 Derechos de autor 2024 Anales de Historia Antigua, Medieval y Moderna https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 |
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Work and Nature in Syrian Monasticism, from Theodoret of Cyrrhus’ Religious History |
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In this work, we propose to analyze how nature, embodied in the social spaces of production, conditions and structures the forms of representation of Syrian asceticism towards the 5th century AD. In that sense, this paper analyzes stories of saints compiled by Bishop Theodoret of Cyrrhus, who builds an ascetic ideal and example to imitate. However, within that ideal, we can access the subjects he leaves aside: free and unfree peasants. This must be understood from the complex relationship that monasticism and Christianity had with the notion of work as well as with the matter in its generality. Thus, we maintain as a hypothesis that, although rejected by Syrian asceticism, manual work is part of the bishop’s ideological structure when writing the lives of saints. In other words, work and nature are an inseparable binomial from the Christian practice of renouncing all material things. |
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