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Heaven is empty : a cross-cultural approach to "religion" and empire in ancient China /

"Heaven is Empty offers a new comparative perspective on the role of the sacred in the formation of China's early empires (221 BCE-9 CE) and shows how the unification of the Central States was possible without a unitary and universalistic conception of religion. The monotheism of the ancie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marsili, Filippo, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]
Colección:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a An empire without "a religion" -- Readings of the "sacred" : Chinese religion, Chinese religions, and religions in China -- Writing the empire : ex pluribus plurima -- Narrating the empire : metaphysics without God, "religions" without identity -- Time, myth, and memory : of water, metal, and cinnabar -- Place and ritual : from templum to text -- The importance of getting lost. 
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