Pijl, Kees van der. <br/><br/>
The foreign encounter in myth and religion  [electronic resource] / 
Kees van der Pijl. 
 - London ;  New York :  New York :  Pluto Press ;  Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,  2010. 
 - xv, 243 p. :  ill. 
 - Modes of foreign relations and political economy ;  v. 2 .
 - Pijl, Kees van der.  Modes of foreign relations and political economy ;  v. 2. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International relations.<br/>International relations--History.<br/>Religion and international relations.<br/>International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JX1255  / .P55 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327