The foreign encounter in myth and religion [electronic resource] / Kees van der Pijl.
2010
JX1255 .P55 2010eb
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The foreign encounter in myth and religion [electronic resource] / Kees van der Pijl.
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9780745323169 (hbk.)
9781849644495 (e-book)
9781849644495 (e-book)
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London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xv, 243 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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JX1255 .P55 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
327
Summary
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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.
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Pijl, Kees van der. Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; v. 2.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.