Italian List Orphism and Tragedy: Myth Transfigured, (Hardcover)

<p><b>A reimagining of the ancient Greek mystical movement Orphism. </b></p><p>What does it mean to step outside the civic order through poetry? Ever since it first emerged in Greece around the sixth century BC, Orphic doctrine has marked a powerful rupture with the ancient world. Its salvific practices, closely tied to a belief in the soul's immortality, its resolute rejection of sacrificial ritual and embrace of vegetarianism, and its distinctive conception of time and memory all defined a way of life, the <i>bios orphikos</i>, that was at once poetic and political.</p><p>In this brief yet densely layered text, Gianni Carchia returns to Orphism in all its implications. It becomes clear that, for Carchia, Orphism is not merely a historiographical concern, but an aesthetic and political one. If tragedy constitutes one of the central pillars around which the polis was formed, Orphism represents a radically different path--an alternative to the polis itself--by placing the poetic word, in all its autonomous power, at its core. And if the relationship between philosophy and tragedy has long been a central theme in the history of Western thought, Carchia's reflections here ask a different question: Is the Orphic path still accessible to us today?</p>

• Italian List Orphism and Tragedy: Myth Transfigured, (Hardcover)
• Author: Seagull Books
• ISBN: 9781803096780
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-12-06
• Page Count: 128