Peace in the Ancient World

Peace in the Ancient World

Concepts and Theories

Raaflaub, Kurt A.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

05/2016

200

Dura

Inglês

9781118645123

15 a 20 dias

Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories conducts a comparative investigation of why certain ancient societies produced explicit concepts and theories of peace and others did not.
Notes on Contributors vii Series Editor s Preface ix Introduction 1 Kurt A. Raaflaub 1 Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World 12 Kurt A. Raaflaub 2 Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt 43 Susanne Bickel 3 Thinking about Peace in Ancient India 67 Johannes Bronkhorst 4 Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China 98 Robin D. S. Yates 5 Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace 122 Kurt A. Raaflaub 6 Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern World 158 Hans Van Wees Index 181
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