Sacred kingship in world history: between immanence and transcendence
Sacred kingship has been the core political form, in small-scale societies and in vast empires, for much of world history. This collaborative and interdisciplinary book recasts the relationship between religion and politics by exploring this institution in long-term and global comparative perspectiv...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2022
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| Dans: | Année: 2022 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Sacred kingship in world history : between immanence and transcendence] (2024) (Banerjee, Milinda, 1985 -)
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Roi
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/ Histoire
B Royauté sacrée / Histoire |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Electronic books
B Recueil d'articles |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | Sacred kingship has been the core political form, in small-scale societies and in vast empires, for much of world history. This collaborative and interdisciplinary book recasts the relationship between religion and politics by exploring this institution in long-term and global comparative perspective. Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Sacred Kingship in World History: Between Transcendence and Immanence, by A. Azfar Moin and Alan Strathern -- 2. Kings Before Kingship: The Politics of the Enchanted Universe, by Marshall Sahlins -- 2. Kings Before Kingship: The Politics of the Enchanted Universe, by Marshall Sahlins -- 4. Gods and Kings in Ancient Mesopotamia, by Nicole Brisch -- 5. Pharaonic Kingship and Its Biblical Deconstruction, by Jan Assmann -- 6. King, Divinity, and Law in Ancient Greece, by Lynette Mitchell -- 7. Humanizing the Divine and Divinizing the Human in Early China: Comparative Reflections on Ritual, Sacrifice, and Sovereignty, by Michael Puett -- 8. Caliphal Sovereignty or the Immanence of Transcendence, by Aziz Al-Azmeh -- 9. Neoplatonic Kingship in the Islamic World: Akbar's Millennial History, by Jos Gommans and Said Reza Huseini -- 10. Hobbes the Egyptian: The Return to Pharaoh, or the Ancient Roots of Secular Politics, by Robert A. Yelle -- 11. Ancient Apostasy, Modern Drama: Henrik Ibsen's Emperor and Galilean, by Nicole Jerr -- 12. The Last Hindu King: How Nepal Desanctified Its Monarchy, by David N. Gellner -- 13. A Caliphate Beyond Politics: The Sovereignty of ISIS, by Faizal Devji -- 14. Sacred Kingship: A Synthesis, by A. Azfar Moin and Alan Strathern -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0231555407 |