Abstract:

This article combines two methodological and conceptual trajectories—the first being the rise of the Christian polis and the centrality of Christian discourse, and the spatial turn in early Christian studies; the second being psychogeography. Michel De Certeau’s exploration of the notion of walking in the city has been most influential in conceptualising psychogeography, and also informs the approach in this article. The study examines how one late antique Christian homilist, namely John Chrysostom (ca. 349–407 CE), negotiates, psychogeographically, with urban spaces in relation to his views on virtue formation, focusing on homily 15 On Ephesians and homily 28 On Hebrews. In many of Chrysostom’s homilies one finds sporadic ekphrases of city life, or rather, scenes and exhibitions of urban spatial practices. In psychogeographical terms, Chrysostom’s wanderings blossom as a form of dérive— strategic technologies of voyeuristic ambulation through necessitated yet varied ambiences, leading out to an archaic détournement, in which the complex quotidian pratiques of the vice-laden city are exposed unaesthetically and used against itself. Thus, such ekphrases are strategic in that they serve as illustrative, practical examples of the dynamics and problems of virtue formation in the urban setting. In the style of a visionary urban wanderer, Chrysostom takes his audience on seemingly random, yet very strategic, strolls through the city and then pauses at some spatial practices for psychopedagogical reasons.

摘要：

本文结合了两种方法论和概念上的轨迹-首先是基督教大都会的崛起和基督教话语的中心性，以及早期基督教研究的空间转向。第二个是心理地理学。Michel De Certeau对城市步行概念的探索对心理地理学的概念影响最大，这也为本文提供了参考。该研究考察了一位已故的古董基督教同性恋者，即约翰·金索斯托姆（John Chrysostom，约公元349-407年），在心理地理学上如何就其关于美德形成的观点与城市空间进行谈判，重点是关于以弗所书15篇和关于希伯来书的28篇。。在金口座的许多同伴中，人们发现了零星的城市生活肖像，或者更确切地说，是城市空间实践的场景和展览。在心理地理学方面，金口的流浪一朵花的形式导出-通过必要但变化的氛围偷窥行走的战略性技术，可通向一个古老的异轨，在这种复杂的瘴气pratiques充满邪恶的城市中，没有任何美感就暴露在自己的眼皮底下。因此，这种用语具有战略意义，因为它们可以作为城市环境中美德形成的动力和问题的说明性，实际示例。金牛座（Chrysostom）以一种富有远见的城市流浪者的风格，引导观众看似随机但非常有策略的步伐，漫步在城市中，然后出于心理教育的原因而停顿了一些空间实践。