‘Little Wolf’ and the Alphabet: Nationality and its Spaces

‘Little Wolf’ and the Alphabet: Nationality and its Spaces

Arianism

Identity

Spatiality

Gothic

Alphabet

This article intends to investigate the conjuncture between the birth of an alphabet, the notion of space, the migration of people, the function of belief and religion and the formation of identities. It employs Ulfilas‘ biblical translation and his missioning attitude to comment on the project of Gothic conversion to Christianity and its attendant controversies, particularly that of Arianism. The article explores how spaces become cultural geographies and imbue geo-histories, specifically in the moment of Biblical translations and the travel of people. It also argues that language and spaces cannot escape the cultural-politics of nationality. At the end, it concludes by commenting of the contemporary relevance of the conjuncture above-mentioned.

Rassendren, Etienne

Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 17 No. 3 (2018): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 15-35

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0975-329X

Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

2018-07-01

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