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UNINA9910456332003321 |
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Autore |
Pijl Kees van der |
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Titolo |
The foreign encounter in myth and religion [[electronic resource] /] / Kees van der Pijl |
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London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press |
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New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-78371-503-0 |
1-84964-449-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Collana |
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Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; ; v. 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International relations |
International relations - History |
Religion and international relations |
International relations - Moral and ethical aspects |
Electronic books. |
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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 (p. 223-235) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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