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The Adventure of the Human Intellect: Self, Society, and the Divine in Ancient World Cultures
Kurt A. Raaflaub
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Description for The Adventure of the Human Intellect: Self, Society, and the Divine in Ancient World Cultures
Hardcover. The Adventure of the Human Intellect presents the latest scholarship on the beginnings of intellectual history on a broad scope, encompassing ten eminent ancient or early civilizations from both the Old and New Worlds. Editor(s): Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
The Adventure of the Human Intellect presents the latest scholarship on the beginnings of intellectual history on a broad scope, encompassing ten eminent ancient or early civilizations from both the Old and New Worlds.
The Adventure of the Human Intellect presents the latest scholarship on the beginnings of intellectual history on a broad scope, encompassing ten eminent ancient or early civilizations from both the Old and New Worlds.
- Borrows themes from The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man (1946), updating an old topic with a new approach and up-to-date theoretical underpinning, evidence, and scholarship
- Provides a broad scope of studies, including discussion of highly developed ancient or early civilizations in China, India, West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas
- Examines the world view of ten ancient or early societies, reconstructed from their own texts, concerning the ... Read more
- Considers a diversity of sources representing a wide array of particular responses to differing environments, circumstances, and intellectual challenges
- Reflects a more inclusive and nuanced historiographical attitude with respect to non-elites, gender, and local variations
- Brings together leading specialists in the field, and is edited by an internationally renowned scholar
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Ancient World: Comparative Histories
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781119162551
SKU
V9781119162551
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About Kurt A. Raaflaub
Kurt A. Raaflaub is the David Herlihy University Professor & Professor of Classics and History Emeritus at Brown University. His previous works include The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece (2004), War and Peace in the Ancient World (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece (with J. Ober and R. W. Wallace, 2007), Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Adventure of the Human Intellect: Self, Society, and the Divine in Ancient World Cultures
"...a modern remake of the classic. ...Raaflaub has further raised the bar for the present volume, including chapters not just on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Israel, but also on Greece, Rome, China, India, the Mayans, the Aztecs, and Native North Americans. ...A truly global work that will be a welcome addition to a range of intellectual history and World-Civ courses. ... Read more