ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT160100453

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT160100453

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

The history of inebriation and reason from Plato to the Latin Middle Ages. This project aims to uncover the undetected but pervasive dichotomy between spiritual inebriation and physical drunkenness from antiquity to the Middle Ages. While Christian theologians, inspired by Plato, celebrated inebriation as a metaphor for a hyper-rational state in which the soul transcends the limitations of reason, Christian moralists, inspired by Stoic philosophy, condemned physical drunkenness as fall from reason. The project will analyse the cultural and intellectual history of inebriation with the aim of changing appreciation of how medieval thinkers inherited and transformed pagan classical ideas about drinking. Inebriation provides a hitherto unexplored path to rewriting the history of reason, urging us to consider our culturally-ingrained reactions to drinking.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-05-2017

End Date: 31-07-2023

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $796,380.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Latin and Classical Greek Literature | Religion and Religious Traditions | Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History) | History of Ideas

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Europe's Past | Religion and Society |

Other Keywords

Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History) | History of Ideas | Latin and Classical Greek Literature | Religion and Religious Traditions | Religion and Society | Understanding Europe's Past

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