The foreign encounter in myth and religion [electronic resource] / Kees van der Pijl.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Pijl, Kees van der. Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; v. 2.Publication details: London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: xv, 243 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 327 22
LOC classification:
  • JX1255 .P55 2010eb
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Contents:
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.
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.

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.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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