Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
The Ancient world: comparative histories |
Contents |
Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- The Ancient World: Comparative Histories -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World -- Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt -- Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India -- Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China -- Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace -- Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern World |
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Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace -- Prologue -- Five Cases and a Thesis -- The Prevalence and Brutality of War in the Ancient World -- Visions of Peace -- Peace Cults -- War Cults -- Intellectual Concerns with Peace -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt -- The Egyptian World View: Conflict and Equilibrium -- Peacefulness as Moral Value -- Cultural Valuation of War and Peace -- Terminology -- Internal Strife and its Conceptual Treatment -- Political Behavior and Foreign Policy -- The peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites |
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Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India -- Aśoka -- Brahmanism -- Buddhism -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States -- Introduction -- Political Conditions in Early China -- The Warring States -- Peace in the Warring States -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace -- Introduction: Homer, Thucydides, Peace, and Just War -- Containing External War and Ending Civil War: Three Examples |
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Background: Peace in Political Thought, Discourse, and Conceptualization -- Theories of Peace -- Explanations and Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope -- "Universal Peace" in Ancient Empires -- "Inner Peace" and Non-violence in the Axial Age -- "Common Peace" Inside and Outside Sovereign States -- Conclusion: Explaining Ideas about Peace -- Abbreviation -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
Subject |
Peace (Philosophy) -- History
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Pacifism -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Pacifism
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Peace (Philosophy)
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Raaflaub, Kurt A., editor
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LC no. |
2015048834 |
ISBN |
9781118645116 |
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1118645111 |
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9781118645147 |
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1118645146 |
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9781118645086 |
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1118645081 |
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111864512X |
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9781118645123 |
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