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SUMMARY:IAHR congress ||| Response
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DESCRIPTION:Response and commentary\nby Oliver Freiberger (KHK fellow) to 
 the panelists of panel Faking Asceticism: East and West\nPanel Chairs: Alm
 ut Barbara Renger\, Tudor Sala\nThe ancient world was a culture of suspici
 on. The individual\, whether stranger\, neighbor\, or kin\, was under cons
 tant scrutiny in a face-to-face society in which rivalry\, competition\, a
 nd misgivings nagged at the surface of the self. The circumstance of being
  world-renouncers would not have placed ascetics in the blind spot of publ
 ic mistrust. The performative\, elitist\, and counter-cultural aspects of 
 ancient asceticism actually exposed it to a heightened scrutiny from outsi
 ders\, critics\, and rivals alike. The papers of the panel thematize pract
 ices and polemics that constructed ‘ascetic deceit’ in Mediterranean a
 nd Asian cultures\, with a special focus on the processes of institutional
 ization\, innovation\, and change that initiated or framed the various nor
 mative dichotomies of ‘genuine’ versus ‘fake’.\n(panel 25-118 | 11
 5)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/iahrresponse2508_21/
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