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The foreign encounter in myth and religion

by Pijl, Kees van der.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; . v. 2 Published by : Pluto Press ; | Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, (London ; | New York : | New York :) Physical details: xv, 243 p. : ill.
Subject(s): International relations. | International relations -- History. | Religion and international relations. | International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects. | Electronic books.
Year: 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.

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.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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