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The foreign encounter in myth and religion /
The author traces the key characteristics of 'foreign encounters' over time, showing that myth, religion and ethical philosophies have always informed the way that societies have interacted with outsiders.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York : New York :
Pluto ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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| Colección: | Pijl, Kees van der. Modes of foreign relations and political economy ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Tribal foreign relations and mythical ancestry
- Sedentary-nomad encounters in Semitic myth and religion
- Warrior heroes in the Indo-European lineage
- Imperial cosmologies and the nomad counterpoint
- Rival fundamentalisms on the imperial frontier.