The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought

Violence in Pacific Islander Traditional Religions

“…2300 BCE) that are always dependent on violent coercion. And no matter how hard those in the famous traditions have sought to overcome or tame them, or questing souls have wanted us to think more deeply, these persistent energies for violent actions simply will not be wished away and are re-manifested to this day even where formal religion withers under secularity's desert sun; indeed, they can very easily undermine and overtake the highest ideals (Trompf 1988;2017: 16-17). These recurrent pulsations are problematic, then, and by historical inference they 'make religion a problem', because they look to go back to basic struggles for survival in a world of more-or-less equally competing and as yet unsubjugated forces.…”

“…ca. 1780) (Trompf 1977;Avosa [forthcoming]), In a comparable highland context, Wahgi Kumai tribesmen could stave off trouble with their next-door Chimbu contestants (the Endugla tribe) by signalling their willingness for peace, the war-magician making a ritual meal of the hardest and driest variety of banana to express disdain for military inaction. Participants know full well the procedures mean nothing if the Endugla were not doing likewise at the same time, and just in case, before they put their weapons in the rafters of the men's house, they put on a mock battle-front (see Figure 5) towards enemy lines (Trompf 2008b: 98).…”

The Shadow of Islam in the Enlightenment Discourse of Oriental Despotism: Research Directions from Nicolas Antoine Boulanger

“…Boulanger has made general use of his insights, but Montesquieu had allowed that weaknesses in such political structures known in Turkey and Persia are made up for by the uniting power of religion (187) and such a positive assessment was disagreeable. Boulanger makes no mention of the utility of the Muslim tax (or jizyah) system on conquest (366) and he dared to qualify the great legalists' accentuation of warm climate to explain slavery (Boulanger 1761: 12, 15, 58, 377: Montesquieu [1748] 1979. Priestcraft is always Boulanger's culprit in his broad Recherches and the religious système it produces persistently "captures" whole peoples (a position which reflects, after all, anti-clericalism as one noticeable aspect of the Enlightenment ethos (Palmer [1801(Palmer [ ] 1823).…”

Αφηγηματολογικές Προσεγγίσεις Στο Έργο Του Πολύβιου

“…Ειδικότερα για τη θεωρία της ἀνακυκλώσεως και την απήχησή της στην αρχαιότητα βλ. τις μονογραφίες του Trompf 1979, ιδ. 4-115, και του Nippel 1980, passim, καθώς και τις συμβολές των Petzold 1977, 253-90 και Canfora 1993 μπορεί είτε να επισυνάπτεται στο τέλος ενός αφηγηματικού τμήματος ως ἐπιμετρῶν λόγος (π.χ.…”