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Autore |
Pharo Lars Kirkhusmo |
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Titolo |
The ritual practice of time : philosophy and sociopolitics of Mesoamerican calendars / / by Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo |
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Leiden : , : Brill, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Collana |
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Early Americas : history and culture, , 1875-3264 ; ; volume 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Maya calendar |
Mayas - Rites and ceremonies |
Maya philosophy |
Aztec calendar |
Aztecs - Rites and ceremonies |
Aztec philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- I The Ritual Practice of Time of the Long Count Calendar of the Classic Maya Civilisation -- The Ritual Practice of Time of the 260-day Calendar and the 365-day Calendar of the Postclassic Yucatec Civilisation -- II The Ritual Practice of Time of the 260-day Calendar of the Postclassic Yucatec Civilisation -- III The Ritual Practice of Time of the 365-day Calendar of the Postclassic Yucatec Civilisation -- IV The Ritual Practice of Time of the 52-year Calendar of the Postclassic Aztec Civilisation -- V A Comparative Analysis of Ritual Practice of Time -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Calendars of Mesoamerican civilisations are subjected to what is categorised as “ritual practices of time”. This book is a comparative explication of rituals of time of four calendars: the Long Count calendar, the 260-day calendar, the 365-day calendar and the 52-years calendar. Building upon a comparative analytical model, the book contributes new theoretical insights about ritual practices and temporal philosophies. This comprehensive investigation analyses how ritual practices are represented and conceptualised in intellectual systems |
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and societies. The temporal ritual practices are systematically analysed in relation to calendar organisation and structure, arithmetic, cosmogony and chronometry, spatial-temporality (cosmology), natural world, eschatology, sociology, politics, and ontology. It is argued that the 260-day calendar has a particular symbolic importance in Mesoamerican temporal philosophies and practices. |
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