Jan Assmann: Religion and the (Un)translatability of Cultures

Jan Assmann's lecture, Religion and the (Un)translatability of Cultures, delivered as part of his inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Interfaith Studies at the University of Oxford, June 2011.
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Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge designed to bring leading academics, practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and co-ordinated in Cambridge by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) and in Oxford by the Humanities Division.

[@mazyar_]

Very insightful, thank you. It seems Prof. Assmann's second lecture isn't avalable to the public.

[@Franckthedon]

Professor Assmann so wise

[@blaesse]

merci

[@caidencristiano2178]

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[@mosesjonathan1240]

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[@marclustig-youshift]

which book of Eric Voegelin is Assmann referring?

[@elisabettacolagrossi4605]

Order and History, vol. 4

[@gristly_knuckle]

Besides the Chaotic Evil diplomacy, I don't really see the difference between Yahweh and Pharoah, except the high priest took less responsibility in the former case, the strategy that proved better than non-anonymized use of subtle action. The notion of a god-emperor or God is typical to human nature, as it's an expression of the ruling male's unchecked ego, threatened only by the power of other gods. I enjoyed the intro to Populous: The Beginning. This is now Populous: The End.

[@Ax18NY]

An institution of high standing and the Mic isn't working properly?
Are you serious? F**king RIDICULOUS.

[@ReligionsFakten]

There should obviously be somebody who tests the technic before, right?