REGIO, CHORA, REGION. – In this paper, I argue that the main legacy of the geography of Augustan Italy is the very construction of the concept of region. The nature of region which I delineate is based on the dialectics between the ethics of regula, proper to regio, and the ethics of action/movement/change, proper to chora. Regio and chora are the two identities of region emerging respectively from Pliny’s and Strabo’s description of Italy. I aim to explain why region, qua being, in my view, both regio and chora, is the model for any other cultural «cutout» in the continuum of sense.
Bonfiglioli, S. (2016). Regio, chōra, regione. BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETÀ GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA, serie XIII, vol. IX (2016)(1-2), 73-82 [10.13128/bsgi.v9i1-2.461].
Regio, chōra, regione
BONFIGLIOLI, STEFANIA
2016
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REGIO, CHORA, REGION. – In this paper, I argue that the main legacy of the geography of Augustan Italy is the very construction of the concept of region. The nature of region which I delineate is based on the dialectics between the ethics of regula, proper to regio, and the ethics of action/movement/change, proper to chora. Regio and chora are the two identities of region emerging respectively from Pliny’s and Strabo’s description of Italy. I aim to explain why region, qua being, in my view, both regio and chora, is the model for any other cultural «cutout» in the continuum of sense.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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