Ursula Hentschlaeger
Zelko Wiener
ThinkSpace.
An Egyptian-Greek-Roman Continuum.
2003 - 2005
Part I > PERIPOU
Greece + Rome
Part II > HAWLA
Egypt
In 22 excerpts from inter-views, experts
from the fields of archaeology, Egyptology, political science,
theatre and cultural studies as well as cultural practitioners
create a framework of thought that illustrates the relevancy of
the past for the present.
Editor Part I:
Christine Czinglar
BACKGROUND
INTERVIEWS
Dr. Elfriede Haslauer www.khm.at
Beispiel
“The invention of a religion is
always also a manifestation of power. In contrast to the Greek
and Roman gods, the Egyptian gods were always peaceable and did
not mingle with the matters of humans. They were the creators
of the world and the world order, they established a divine
monarchy, acted as protectors. The only "war of the
gods" was the struggle between the brothers Osiris and
Seth at the beginning of the Egyptian model. Osiris lost out
but if he had not been killed and brought back to life, there
would be no resurrection after death. In a variation on the
same theme, Jesus Christ had to die to make it possible for
Christianity to have a hereafter. Our present disastrous
situation is most likely due to the fact that until this very
day, mankind has not been able to cope with these beginnings of
anthropogenesis.”
EXAMPLE
