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Religion, empire, and torture : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / Bruce Lincoln.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lincoln, Bruce.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.
- Achaemenid dynasty.
- Religion and politics.
- Religion and politics--Iran--Case studies.
- Iran--History--To 640.
- Iran.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612537905
- 9781282537903
- 1282537903
- 9780226481913
- 0226481913
- OCLC:
- 593283266
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