Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory

Professor Marko Pajević held positions in leading Universities in France, the UK, Germany and Estonia. He publishes widely on poetics, literature, translation and cultural theory, and developed a poetological anthropology, recently in English: Poetic Thinking. Now (Routledge 2023).

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• ForewordAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: The Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory, and German Abgrund: The Ambivalence of the HumanMarko PajevićPart 1 Ancient Cultures1 Praising God’s Creation in the Abyss: tǝhōm in Biblical and Apocalyptic LiteratureUrmas Nõmmik2 The Origins of the ἄΒυσσος in GreekJanika Päll3 The Birth of the Abyss in the RigvedaSven Sellmer4 Before the Creation in Old Norse Mythology—Empty Abyss or Crowded PlaceDaniel SävborgPart 2 American, African and Asian Cultures5 Hānau ka Pō: The Abyss in Hawaiian ThoughtMichael David Kaulana Ing6 The Void Against Transparency: Translating the Abyss into UmbunduIracema Dulley7 Abyss, Chaos, and Emptiness. A Journey to the Depths of the Chinese Intellectual TraditionLisa Indraccolo8 The Abyss in the Indigenous Khasi Worldview: The Search for Traditional ModelsMargaret Lyngdoh and Laur JärvPart 3 European Cultures9 Journey to the North: The Experience of the Abyss in Mythology and PhilosophyJaanus Sooväli and Hasso Krull10 An Exploration of the Meaning and Usage of Abyss in EnglishVioleta Stojicić11 In Search of Abyssos in Contemporary French Through Lexical PathwaysArkadiusz Koselak-Marechal12 The Abyss in PolishAdam Głaz13 The Doubling of Bezdna: Notes on the Russian Poetic Concept of AbyssRoman Leibov