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The foreign encounter in myth and religion / Kees van der Pijl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pijl, Kees van der.
- Series:
- Pijl, Kees van der. Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; v. 2.
- Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- International relations--History.
- Religion and international relations.
- International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783715039
- 1783715030
- 9781849644495
- 1849644497
- OCLC:
- 923331753
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