Religion, empire, and torture : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / / Bruce Lincoln
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| Autore: |
Lincoln Bruce
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| Titolo: |
Religion, empire, and torture : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / / Bruce Lincoln
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 935/.05 |
| Soggetto topico: | Religion and politics |
| Religion and politics - Iran | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Iran History To 640 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-167) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Religion, empire, and torture |
| ISBN: | 9786612537905 |
| 9781282537903 | |
| 1282537903 | |
| 9780226481913 | |
| 0226481913 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910954638703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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