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Autore |
Lincoln Bruce |
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Titolo |
Religion, empire, and torture [[electronic resource] ] : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / / Bruce Lincoln |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-53790-3 |
9786612537905 |
0-226-48191-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion and politics |
Religion and politics - Iran |
Iran History To 640 |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-167) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Center and periphery -- God's chosen -- Creation -- Microcosms, wonders, paradise -- The dark side of paradise -- Postscript: on Abu Ghraib and some related contemporary matters. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? Recently this question has acquired new urgency, and in Religion, Empire, and Torture, Bruce Lincoln approaches the problem via a classic but little-studied case: Achaemenian Persia.Lincoln identifies three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission. Beyond this, he asks, how did the Achaemenians understand their place in the cosmos and their moral status in relation |
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