The foreign encounter in myth and religion [[electronic resource] /] / Kees van der Pijl
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press |
| New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327 |
| Soggetto topico: | International relations |
| International relations - History | |
| Religion and international relations | |
| International relations - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The foreign encounter in myth and religion |
| ISBN: | 1-78371-503-0 |
| 1-84964-449-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456332003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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