Evolution of the Sedentary Lifestyle in Classical Culture

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 284-308

Author(s):

James A. Francis

Keyword(s):

Violent Conflict ◽

Christian Theology ◽

Late Antique ◽

Second Sophistic ◽

Word And Image ◽

John Of Damascus ◽

History Of ◽

Classical Culture ◽

Common Era ◽

Iconoclastic Controversy

The Defense of Holy Images by John of Damascus stands as the archetypal exposition of the Christian theology of images. Written at the outbreak of the Iconoclastic Controversy, it has been mostly valued for its theological content and given scholarly short shrift as a narrowly focused polemic. The work is more than that. It presents a complex and profound explication of the nature of images and the phenomenon of representation, and is an important part of the “history of looking”in western culture. A long chain of visual conceptions connects classical Greek and Roman writers, such as Homer and Quintilian, to John: the living image, the interrelation of word and image, and image and memory, themes elaborated particularly in the Second Sophistic period of the early Common Era. For John to deploy this heritage so skillfully to the thorny problem of the place of images in Christianity, at the outbreak of a violent conflict that lasted a further 100 years after his writing, manifests an intellect and creativity that has not been sufficiently appreciated. The Defense of Holy Images, understood in this context, is another innovative synthesis of Christianity and classical culture produced by late antique Christian writers.

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THE IMPORTANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE

10.15282/mohe.2014.pah.057 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Wan Syahirah W Samsudin ◽

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Kenneth Sundaraj ◽

Md. Anamul Islam

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Sedentary Lifestyle

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Mechanisms Involved in Glycemic Control Promoted by Exercise in Diabetics

Current Diabetes Reviews ◽

10.2174/1573399814666180214144717 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 105-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eric Francelino Andrade ◽

Víviam de Oliveira Silva ◽

Débora Ribeiro Orlando ◽

Luciano José Pereira

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Metabolic Disease ◽

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Glycemic Control ◽

Sedentary Lifestyle ◽

World Population ◽

Pharmacological Interventions ◽

High Prevalence ◽

The World ◽

Main Factors

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by high glycemic levels for long periods. This disease has a high prevalence in the world population, being currently observed an increase in its incidence. This fact is mainly due to the sedentary lifestyle and hypercaloric diets. Non-pharmacological interventions for glycemic control include exercise, which promotes changes in skeletal muscle and adipocytes. Thus, increased glucose uptake by skeletal muscle and decreased insulin resistance through modulating adipocytes are the main factors that improve glycemic control against diabetes. Conclusion: It was sought to elucidate mechanisms involved in the improvement of glycemic control in diabetics in front of the exercise.

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A Critical Review on Kaphavrutha Vata in Manyasthambha

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences (JAIMS) ◽

10.21760/jaims.v3i4.13306 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Dr. Unnikrishnan VS ◽

Dr. Prashanth AS

Keyword(s):

Critical Review ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Sedentary Lifestyle ◽

Large Population ◽

Load Bearing ◽

Sitting Posture ◽

Continuous Work

Now a days due to sedentary lifestyle and lack of time, people cannot concentrate on their proper regimen and people undergo many unwanted practices like faulty dietary habits, improper sitting posture, continuous work in one posture and overexertion, load bearing movements during travelling and sports. All these factors lead to the increase in the incidents of Manyasthambha in a large population. In classics Manyasthambha is explained under Vataja Nanatmaja Vikaras and is mentioned as Kaphaavruta Vata in its Samprapthi. While explaining treatment of Manyasthambha, Acharya Susruta clearly explains about Rooksha Sweda and Nasya which helps in the Samprapti Vighatana of Avarana in Manyasthambha.

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Social Cohesion, Breaks, and Transformations in Italy, 535–600

10.1093/oso/9780198777601.003.0004 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Walter Pohl

Keyword(s):

The Political ◽

Late Antique ◽

Religious Context ◽

Ancient Society ◽

Complex Process ◽

Term Change ◽

Two Generations ◽

Classical Culture

When the Gothic War began in Italy in 535, the country still conserved many features of classical culture and late antique administration. Much of that was lost in the political upheavals of the following decades. Building on Chris Wickham’s work, this contribution sketches an integrated perspective of these changes, attempting to relate the contingency of events to the logic of long-term change, discussing political options in relation to military and economic means, and asking in what ways the erosion of consensus may be understood in a cultural and religious context. What was the role of military entrepreneurs of more or less barbarian or Roman extraction in the distribution or destruction of resources? How did Christianity contribute to the transformation of ancient society? The old model of barbarian invasions can contribute little to understanding this complex process. It is remarkable that for two generations, all political strategies in Italy ultimately failed.

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The Roman Aura in Henry James’s Daisy Miller: A Study (1878)

10.1093/oso/9780198803034.003.0010 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

John Carlos Rowe

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Roman Empire ◽

Civil War ◽

Global Power ◽

Anglo American ◽

And Gender ◽

Classical Culture

Concentrating on Henry James’s Daisy Miller, this chapter reveals its author engaging in arguments over the decline and fall of the Roman Empire among nineteenth-century Anglo-American writers and over the best means of using Rome’s example as a warning to contemporaries. The novella’s Roman setting and frequent references to classical culture both extend Anglo-American Romantics’ emphasis on the Roman failure to develop a comprehensive democracy and allow James to pursue his own interest in post-Civil War America as an emerging global power. Departing from earlier interpretations of Rome’s importance within Daisy Miller, this chapter argues that James employs the character of Daisy to reconceive Rome’s relevance to central issues of class and gender. If James rejects aspects of contemporary American feminism embodied by such classically inspired artists as Harriet Hosmer and Maria Louisa Lander, he nevertheless makes his unsophisticated heroine, Daisy, into a means of expressing his democratic vision.

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Classics and Irish Politics, 1916-2016

10.1093/oso/9780198864486.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Material Culture ◽

Cultural History ◽

Political Discourse ◽

Postcolonial Studies ◽

Classical Literature ◽

Northern Irish ◽

Classical Culture ◽

Significant Figures ◽

Historical Past ◽

Irish Politics

This collection addresses how models from ancient Greece and Rome have permeated Irish political discourse in the century since 1916. The 1916 Easter Rising, when Irish nationalists rose up against British imperial forces, was almost instantly mythologized in Irish political memory as a turning point in the nation’s history and an event that paved the way for Irish independence. Its centenary has provided a natural point for reflection on Irish politics, and this volume highlights an unexplored element in Irish political discourse, namely its frequent reference to, reliance on, and tensions with classical Greek and Roman models. Topics covered include the reception and rejection of classical culture in Ireland; the politics of Irish language engagement with Greek and Roman models; the intersection of Irish literature with scholarship in Classics and Celtic Studies; the use of classical allusion to articulate political inequalities across hierarchies of gender, sexuality, and class; meditations on the Northern Irish conflict through classical literature; and the political implications of neoclassical material culture in Irish society. As the only country colonized by Britain with a pre-existing indigenous heritage of expertise in classical languages and literature, Ireland represents a unique case in the fields of classical reception and postcolonial studies. This book opens a window on a rich and varied dialogue between significant figures in Irish cultural history and the Greek and Roman sources that have inspired them, a dialogue that is firmly rooted in Ireland’s historical past and continues to be ever-evolving.

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Introduction

10.1093/oso/9780199583478.003.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Sheila Murnaghan ◽

Deborah H. Roberts

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Historical Fiction ◽

Adult Readers ◽

Pleasure Reading ◽

Specific Focus ◽

Classical Myths ◽

Classical Culture

The book’s subject is the widespread and formative reception of classical culture that takes place in childhood, with a specific focus on children’s pleasure reading in Britain and America from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The production of literature designed to foster children’s connection to antiquity is identified as an adult project, which begins with the retelling of classical myths in the 1850s and which this study traces primarily in myth collections and works of historical fiction. Attention is also given to adults’ memories of their own childhood encounters with antiquity and the uses and meanings assigned to those encounters in memoirs and other works for adult readers.

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The effect of COVID-19 quarantine on physical and social parameters of physical education providers and youth sport coaches

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-203329 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 67 (4) ◽

pp. 767-769

Author(s):

Sanaz Faraji ◽

Mahboubeh Ghayour Najafabadi ◽

Mitch Rostad ◽

Albert Thomas Anastasio

Keyword(s):

Weight Gain ◽

Physical Education ◽

Sports Medicine ◽

Physical Inactivity ◽

Sedentary Lifestyle ◽

Youth Sport ◽

Physical Nature ◽

Depressive Mood ◽

Social Disconnection ◽

Sport Coaches

The potential ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic global shut down on physical education providers and youth sport coaches may be particularly severe due to substantial cutbacks on many of their normal activities. This population faces unique challenges in engaging in “virtual learning” given the physical nature of their job, potentially leading to sedentary lifestyle, weight gain, and the development of depressive mood disorders. This commentary aims to explore options to mitigate worsening of stress, depression, physical inactivity, and social disconnection in youth sport coaches following the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and to call attention to this vulnerable demographic which has been substantially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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