The foreign encounter in myth and religion
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York : New York :
Pluto Press ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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| Series: | Pijl, Kees van der. Modes of foreign relations and political economy ;
v. 2. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of 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.