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Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy

Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy

The Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy is a collection of new essays on the philosophy and philosophers of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Written by a cast of international scholars it covers the full range of ancient philosophy from the sixth century BC to the sixth century AD and beyond. There are dedicated discussions of the major areas of the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle together with accounts of their predecessors and successors. The contributors also address various problems of interpretation and method highlighting the particular demands and interest of working with ancient philosophical texts. All original texts discussed are translated into English.

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Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture

Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture

Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture offers an historical overview of the civilizations of the ancient Near East spanning ten thousand years of history. This new edition is a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of the Near East from prehistory and the beginnings of farming to the fall of Achaemenid Persia. Through text images maps and historical documents readers discover the material social and political world of cultures from Egypt to India allowing students to see how these intertwined cultures interacted throughout history. Now fully updated and incorporating the latest scholarship on society religion and the economy this book highlights the changing fortunes of these great civilizations. A special feature of this book is its many Debating the Evidence sections where the reader becomes familiar with scholarly disputes concerning the interpretation of textual and archaeological evidence on a variety of topics and case studies. The fourth edition of Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture remains a crucial textbook for undergraduates and general readers studying the ancient Near East particularly the political and social history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia as well as students of archaeology and biblical studies who are working on the region.

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Ancient Egypt and Modern Psychotherapy Sacred Science and the Search for Soul

Ancient Egypt and Modern Psychotherapy Sacred Science and the Search for Soul

In Ancient Egypt and Modern Psychotherapy Todd Hayen explores what the spiritual concepts of the enigmatic ancient Egyptians can teach us about our own modern psyches and the pursuit of a meaningful life. Hayen examines the ancient Egyptians’ possession of a concept contemporary academics have labeled consciousness of the heart: an innate knowledge of the entirety of the universe. While all human beings possess this consciousness of the heart our modern culture has largely lost the ability to tap into this inborn knowledge. By examining the material accomplishments of ancient Egypt and how their seemingly deeper awareness of their inner world created a harmonious outer world we can begin to understand how modern psychotherapy through a Jungian perspective could be instrumental in achieving a more profound and meaningful personal experience of life. Ancient Egypt and Modern Psychotherapy will be insightful reading for analytical psychologists in practice and in training Jungian psychotherapists and psychologists and academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies and ancient spirituality. | Ancient Egypt and Modern Psychotherapy Sacred Science and the Search for Soul

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Ancient Egyptian Temple Ritual Performance Patterns and Practice

Ancient Egyptian Temple Ritual Performance Patterns and Practice

Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates with interests in mining trading and other economic activities. The temple itself served as the mansion or palace of the deity to whom the estate belonged and much of the ritual in temples was devoted to offering a representative sample of goods to the gods. After ritual performances produce was paid as wages to priests and temple staff and presented as offerings to private mortuary establishments. This redistribution became a daily ritual in which many basic necessities of life for elite Egyptians were produced. This book evaluates the influence of common temple rituals not only on the day to day lives of ancient Egyptians but also on their special events economics and politics. Author Katherine Eaton argues that a study of these daily rites ought to be the first step in analyzing the structure of more complex societal processes. | Ancient Egyptian Temple Ritual Performance Patterns and Practice

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Ancient Chinese Encyclopedia of Technology Translation and Annotation of Kaogong ji The Artificers' Record

Ancient Chinese Encyclopedia of Technology Translation and Annotation of Kaogong ji The Artificers' Record

This book presents the first translation into English of the full text of the Kaogong ji. This classic work described by the great scholar of the history of Chinese science and technology Joseph Needham as the most important document for the study of ancient Chinese technology dates from the fifth century BC and forms part of the Zhouli (The Rites of the Zhou Dynasty) one of the great Confucian classics. The text itself describes the techniques of working and the technologies used by over twenty different kinds of craftsmen and artificers such as metal workers chariot makers weapon makers music instrument makers potters and master builders. This edition besides providing the full text in English also provides a substantial introduction and other supporting explanatory material over one hundred illustrations of ancient Chinese artefacts and the original Chinese text itself. | Ancient Chinese Encyclopedia of Technology Translation and Annotation of Kaogong ji The Artificers' Record

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Ancient Sacred Sites in the Gulf of Naples The Sanctuary of Athena at Punta Campanella

Ancient Sacred Sites in the Gulf of Naples The Sanctuary of Athena at Punta Campanella

The geographical position between the gulfs of Naples and Salerno made pre-Roman Sorrento a fundamental point of passage. Around the inhabited centre sacred sites or scattered settlements developed including the sanctuary of Athena on the extreme tip of the peninsula near Punta Campanella. This book explores the historical development of the sanctuary from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD. Drawing on partly unpublished archaeological documentation and literary sources the book provides useful elements for understanding the site and its relationship with the surrounding area. Sorrento and the Greek presence in the Gulf of Naples are linked to the sanctuary installation perhaps first dedicated to the Sirens but surely after to Athena. Judging from literary sources it was one of the best-known places of worship in ancient Italy. It was only in the 1980s that the discovery of an Oscan inscription with a dedication to Minerva made it possible to hypothesise the presence of a sanctuary near the Medieval tower at Punta Campanella. The analysis of the archaeological documentation known until now the study of the new archaeological plans and the material culture (ceramics) from the site make it possible to better understand the development and the importance of the sanctuary. This book therefore defines the historical and territorial development of the sanctuary of Athena reconstructing the history of the territory of ancient Surrentum and above all its most important sanctuary. The book will be of particular interest to archaeologists ancient historians and historians of religion. | Ancient Sacred Sites in the Gulf of Naples The Sanctuary of Athena at Punta Campanella

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Rape Culture in the House of David A Company of Men

Rape Culture in the House of David A Company of Men

Rape Culture in the House of David: A Company of Men describes a biblical rape culture sustained and maintained by Yhwh and a host of men—from royal kings and princes to their relatives counselors generals and servants. This volume reveals that sexual violence in the house of David is not simply perpetrated by its most powerful men. Rather in the pursuit of power status authority and honor men form alliances and networks that support the use and abuse of women’s bodies and valorize sexualized violence against other men. The man who is most capable of sexual violence is Israel’s ideal king. Barbara Thiede deftly addresses the power and contemporary relevance of these narratives and argues that exposing and naming rape culture in biblical literature is essential—in social economic and political realms. This is a meaningful feminist intervention in the field of biblical studies and is of great benefit to graduate students and scholars of religion gender studies and masculinity studies. | Rape Culture in the House of David A Company of Men

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Samuel Pepys and the Second Dutch War Pepys's Navy White Book and Brooke House Papers

Samuel Pepys and the Second Dutch War Pepys's Navy White Book and Brooke House Papers

The two pieces of work which make up this volume were compiled by Pepys in the 1660s. The first is Pepys’s own record of how the Navy Board functioned. It records details of meetings with fellow officers such as Sir William Penn and Sir John Mennes and how work could be hampered at times by the refusal of an officer to sign a contract or bill as he had not been present at the original discussions. The Navy White Book gives the discussions which took place over a variety of matters such as contracts with Sir William Warren a timber merchant; costs and quality of masts and canvas. The Brooke House Papers deal with the inquiry set up by the House of Commons into the conduct of the Second Dutch War following the humiliation of the Dutch invasion of 1667 and the inefficiency of the Navy Board. The Brooke House Papers further show Pepys defending the Navy Board’s professionalism and integrity and also that naval administration during the Second Dutch War was efficient. The Papers also show Charles II ‘s role in protecting the Navy Board by making his dissatisfaction with the inquiry known through his disrespectful language and interruptions as well as his support for Pepys whom he makes the Board’s spokesman. | Samuel Pepys and the Second Dutch War Pepys's Navy White Book and Brooke House Papers

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Full House Reassessing the Earth’s Population Carrying Capacity

Full House Reassessing the Earth’s Population Carrying Capacity

Originally published in 1995 after decades of steady growth this book was written at a time when the world’s food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases. This book examines the causes of the imbalance in the food/population equation and suggests ways in which Malthusian checks can be countered. It calls for an international strategy to restore global security and a budget to implement it with a massive redirection of the world’s financial resources. On one side of the argument the authors advocate increased expenditure on family planning services education and women’s rights. On the other they stress the environmental importance of reforestation and soil conservation schemes to halt the deterioration of the agricultural resource base. | Full House Reassessing the Earth’s Population Carrying Capacity

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Graffiti in Antiquity

Graffiti in Antiquity

Ancient graffiti - hundreds of thousands of informal ephemeral texts spanning millennia - offer a patchwork of fragmentary conversations in a variety of languages spread across the Mediterranean world. Cut painted inked or traced in charcoal the surviving graffiti present a layer of lived experience in the ancient world unavailable from other sources. Graffiti in Antiquity reveals how and why the inhabitants of Greece and Rome - men and women and free and enslaved - formulated written and visual messages about themselves and the world around them as graffiti. The sources - drawn from 800 BCE to 600 CE - are examined both within their individual historical cultural and archaeological contexts and thematically allowing for an exploration of social identity in the urban society of the ancient world. An analysis of one of the most lively and engaged forms of personal communication and protest Graffiti in Antiquity introduces a new way of reading sociocultural relationships among ordinary people living in the ancient world.

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The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism

The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism

The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the most important issues and developments in one of the fastest growing areas of research in ancient philosophy. An international team of scholars situates and re-evaluates Neoplatonism within the history of ancient philosophy and thought and explores its influence on philosophical and religious schools worldwide. Over thirty chapters are divided into seven clear parts: (Re)sources instruction and interaction Methods and Styles of Exegesis Metaphysics and Metaphysical Perspectives Language Knowledge Soul and Self Nature: Physics Medicine and Biology Ethics Political Theory and Aesthetics The legacy of Neoplatonism. The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism is a major reference source for all students and scholars in Neoplatonism and ancient philosophy as well as researchers in the philosophy of science ethics aesthetics and religion.

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Saul and the Monarchy: A New Look

Saul and the Monarchy: A New Look

The negative biblical presentation of King Saul of Israel has been biased in favour of David at the expense of Saul. This book presents a more positive picture and more realistic view of the culture of the period extending from Saul to the schism. Simcha Shalom Brooks explores a number of controversial issues such as the historicity of the biblical text on which so many modern scholars are sharply divided; that David was ambitious and coveted Saul's throne and even though David became king the people continued to support the house of Saul. This book makes a valuable contribution to the current biblical debate as to the existence of ancient Israel in the Iron Age 1 Period. Simcha Shalom Brooks draws on literary historical and archaeological material to present a balanced view of the period. | Saul and the Monarchy: A New Look

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The Family Women and Death Comparative Studies

The Family Women and Death Comparative Studies

Originally published in 1983 and as a second edition in 1993 this book deals with 3 universal but culturally variable phenomena: the family women and death. The book poses questions about our own ways of looking at the family and private life at sex and gender and at death by analysing ancient Greek ideas and by showing how researchers’ presuppositions have been influenced by their own culture and experience. The views of Fustel de Coulanges on the place of tomb-cult in the evolution of the family in the ancient world are critically examined and related to their 19th Century context; the study of the classical Athenian family is related to current historical and sociological debates on the separation between public and private life. | The Family Women and Death Comparative Studies

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Greek and Roman Technology A Sourcebook of Translated Greek and Roman Texts

Greek and Roman Technology A Sourcebook of Translated Greek and Roman Texts

In this new edition of Greek and Roman Technology the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient texts to provide a history and analysis of the origins and development of technology in the classical world. Sherwood and Nikolic with Humphrey and Oleson provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Among the topics covered are energy basic mechanical devices hydraulic engineering household industry medicine and health transport and trade and military technology. This fully revised Sourcebook collects more than 1 300 passages from over 200 ancient sources and a diverse range of literary genres such as the encyclopaedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder the poetry of Homer and Hesiod the philosophies of Plato Aristotle and Lucretius the agricultural treatises of Varro Columella and Cato the military texts of Philo of Byzantium and Aeneas Tacticus as well as the medical texts of Galen Celsus and the Hippocratic Corpus. Almost 100 line drawings indexes of authors and subjects introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence notes to explain the specific details and current bibliographies are included. This new and revised edition of Greek and Roman Technology will remain an important and vital resource for students of technology in the ancient world as well as those studying the impact of technological change on classical society. | Greek and Roman Technology A Sourcebook of Translated Greek and Roman Texts

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The Jews A History

The Jews A History

The Jews: A History is a comprehensive and accessible text that explores the religious cultural social and economic diversity of the Jewish people and their faith. Placing Jewish history within its wider cultural context the book covers a broad time span stretching from ancient Israel to the modern day. It examines Jewish history across a range of settings including the ancient Near East the age of Greek and Roman rule the medieval realms of Christianity and Islam modern Europe including the World Wars and the Holocaust and contemporary America and Israel covering a variety of topics such as legal emancipation acculturation and religious innovation. The third edition is fully updated to include more case studies and to encompass recent events in Jewish history as well as religion social life economics culture and gender. Supported by case studies online references further reading maps and illustrations The Jews: A History provides students with a comprehensive and wide-ranging grounding in Jewish history. | The Jews A History

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A Dictionary of the Sacred Language of All Scriptures and Myths (Routledge Revivals)

A Dictionary of the Sacred Language of All Scriptures and Myths (Routledge Revivals)

G. A. Gaskell’s Dictionary of the Sacred Language of All Scriptures and Myths first published in 1923 examines several different aspects of religion including examples from Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology to modern-day Christianity providing explanations of gods events and symbols in alphabetical order. This is a perfect reference book for students of theology or the history of religion. | A Dictionary of the Sacred Language of All Scriptures and Myths (Routledge Revivals)

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The Buddhist World

The Buddhist World

The Buddhist World joins a series of books on the world’s great religions and cultures offering a lively and up-to-date survey of Buddhist studies for students and scholars alike. It explores regional varieties of Buddhism and core topics including buddha-nature ritual and pilgrimage. In addition to historical and geo-political views of Buddhism the volume features thematic chapters on philosophical concepts such as ethics as well as social constructs and categories such as community and family. The book also addresses lived Buddhism in its many forms examining the ways in which modernity is reshaping traditional structures ancient doctrines and cosmological beliefs.

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Design for Dementia Living Well at Home

Design for Dementia Living Well at Home

Design for Dementia is written by an interdisciplinary team of professionals and academics whose aim is to present lessons learnt from the Dementia Demonstration House at the Building Research Establishment’s Innovation Park. Known as Chris and Sally’s House the project represents a unique opportunity to show in practice what can be done to assist people living with dementia to continue to live at home and as part of the community with as much independence as possible. This book presents evidence based practical design guidance backed up by over 15 combined years of research by experienced professional designers. Beginning with an introduction which provides the background to the global dementia epidemic to allow readers to gain a better understanding of the issues they must consider the book then discusses how good design principles planning and construction standards can be used to effectively respond to the dementia crisis. The detailed findings from research using Chris and Sally’s House are presented and discussed along with practical examples and success stories ranging from simple design features to the more complex use of sensors and automated ventilation. The hope is that readers can apply the lessons learnt from Chris and Sally’s House to successfully integrate solutions into the design of new or refurbished housing for the elderly and also that the tools and insights shared will inform the wider context of good housing design as well as the spectrum of constraints and design standards which often apply. This book is important reading for architects designers engineers and project managers but also anyone with an interest in learning about practical solutions to aid those with dementia to live well at home. | Design for Dementia Living Well at Home

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Making Sense of World History

Making Sense of World History

Making Sense of World History is a comprehensive and accessible textbook that helps students understand the key themes of world history within a chronological framework stretching from ancient times to the present day. To lend coherence to its narrative the book employs a set of organizing devices that connect times places and/or themes. This narrative is supported by: Flowcharts that show how phenomena within diverse broad themes interact in generating key processes and events in world history. A discussion of the common challenges faced by different types of agent including rulers merchants farmers and parents and a comparison of how these challenges were addressed in different times and places. An exhaustive and balanced treatment of themes such as culture politics and economy with an emphasis on interaction. Explicit attention to skill acquisition in organizing information cultural sensitivity comparison visual literacy integration interrogating primary sources and critical thinking. A focus on historical “episodes” that are carefully related to each other. Through the use of such devices the book shows the cumulative effect of thematic interactions through time communicates the many ways in which societies have influenced each other through history and allows us to compare and contrast how they have reacted to similar challenges. They also allow the reader to transcend historical controversies and can be used to stimulate class discussions and guide student assignments. With a unified authorial voice and offering a narrative from the ancient to the present this is the go-to textbook for World History courses and students. The Open Access version of this book has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license.

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Shakespeare Minus 'Theory'

Shakespeare Minus 'Theory'

Demonstrating and defending a method of close reading and historical contextualisation of Shakespeare and his contemporaries this collection of essays by Tom McAlindon combines a number of previously published pieces with original studies. The volume includes six interpretative studies all but one of which involve challenges to radical readings of the plays involved including Henry V Coriolanus The Tempest and Doctor Faustus. The other three essays are critiques of the claims and methods of radical postmodernist criticism (new historicism and cultural materialism especially); they illustrate the author's conviction that some leading scholars in the field of Renaissance literature and drama who deserve credit for shifting attention to new areas of interest must also be charged with responsibility for a marked decline in standards of analysis interpretation and argument. Likely to provoke considerable debate this stimulating collection is an important contribution to Shakespeare studies. | Shakespeare Minus 'Theory'

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Sacrifice and the Body Biblical Anthropology and Christian Self-Understanding

Sacrifice and the Body Biblical Anthropology and Christian Self-Understanding

What is sacrifice? For many people today the word has negative overtones suggesting loss or death or violence. But in religions ancient and modern the word is linked primarily to joyous feasting which puts people in touch with the deepest realities. How has that change of meaning come about? What effect does it have on the way we think about Christianity? How does it affect the way Christian believers think about themselves and God? John Dunnill's study focuses on sacrifice as a physical event uniting worshippers to deity. Bringing together insights from social anthropology biblical studies and Trinitarian theology Dunnill links to debates in sociology and cultural studies as well as the study of liturgy. Through a positive view of sacrifice Dunnill contributes to contemporary Christian debates on atonement and salvation. | Sacrifice and the Body Biblical Anthropology and Christian Self-Understanding

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Persian Linguistics in Cultural Contexts

Persian Linguistics in Cultural Contexts

Korangy and Sharifian’s groundbreaking book offers the first in-depth study into cultural linguistics for the Persian language. The book highlights a multitude of angles through which the intricacies of Persian and its many dialects and accents wherever spoken can be examined. Linguistics with cultural studies as its backdrop is not a new phenomenon; however with this text we are afforded an insight into the complex relationship that exists between human cognizance and human expression in this ancient civilization. This study helps develop an innovative understanding of history intent and meaning as understood by a culture and by a people in this case the Persian-speaking folk of Iran. The chapters are insightful resources for analyzing and augmenting our knowledge of linguistics under the rubric of Persian culture but also for proposing and foregrounding new ideas in this field of study. | Persian Linguistics in Cultural Contexts

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