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04262aam a2200469 i 4500 001 FAB50AAE3D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230818010103 008 221126s2023 nju b 001 0aeng 010 $a 2022020395 020 $a 0691242283 020 $a 9780691242286 035 $a (OCoLC)1342250192 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d CDX $d BUF $d YDX $d GK8 $d VP@ $d IVU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E175.5.B798 $b A3 2023 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20221206 084 $a REL015000 $a REL015000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Brown, Peter, $d 1935- $e author. 245 10 $a Journeys of the mind : $b a life in history / $c Peter Brown. 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xv, 713 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Berkeley to Princeton. $t Oxford to All Souls -- $t Augustine to the Holy Man -- $t The World of Late Antiquity to Iran -- $t Berkeley 1975 to Cairo -- $t Berkeley to Princeton. 520 $a "An intellectual autobiography by Peter Brown, one of the most eminent historians of the last 50 years, who is credited with having created the field of study know as Late Antiquity, the period during which Rome fell, the three major monotheistic religions took shape, and Christianity spread across Europe situating it in the major developments in historiography and the study of the religion in the 20th century and the minds behind them"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world's most influential and distinguished historians. The end of the ancient world was long regarded by historians as a time of decadence, decline, and fall. In his career-long engagement with this era, the widely acclaimed and pathbreaking historian Peter Brown has shown, however, that the "neglected half-millennium" now known as late antiquity was in fact crucial to the development of modern Europe and the Middle East. In Journeys of the Mind, Brown recounts his life and work, describing his efforts to recapture the spirit of an age. As he and other scholars opened up the history of the classical world in its last centuries to the wider world of Eurasia and northern Africa, they discovered previously overlooked areas of religious and cultural creativity as well as foundational institution-building. A respect for diversity and outreach to the non-European world, relatively recent concerns in other fields, have been a matter of course for decades among the leading scholars of late antiquity.Documenting both his own intellectual development and the emergence of a new and influential field of study, Brown describes his childhood and education in Ireland, his university and academic training in England, and his extensive travels, particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. He discusses fruitful interactions with the work of scholars and colleagues that include the British anthropologist Mary Douglas and the French theorist Michel Foucault, and offers fascinating snapshots of such far-flung places as colonial Sudan, midcentury Oxford, and prerevolutionary Iran. With Journeys of the Mind, Brown offers an essential account of the "grand endeavor" to reimagine a decisive historical moment"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Brown, Peter, $d 1935- 600 17 $a Brown, Peter, $d 1935- $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01757101 650 0 $a Historians $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a RELIGION / Christianity / History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Historians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00957686 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Brown, Peter, 1935- $t Journeys of the mind $d Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023] $z 9780691242293 $w (DLC) 2022020396 941 $a 3 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240803010303.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240504010316.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117031330.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FAB50AAE3D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search