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100 1 _aRaaflaub, Kurt A.
245 1 0 _aPeace in the Ancient World :
_bConcepts and Theories.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNewark :
_bJohn Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (199 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aAncient World: Comparative Histories Series ;
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505 0 _aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- 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 -- Chapter 1 Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace:: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World -- 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 -- Notes -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 3 Thinking about Peace in Ancient India -- Aśoka -- Brahmanism -- Buddhism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 4 Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China -- Introduction -- Political Conditions in Early China -- The Warring States -- Peace in the Warring States -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 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.
505 8 _aLarge-scale inter-polis organizations to secure peace -- Isocrates' thoughts on exterminating war -- An end to civil strife in Athens -- Preliminary conclusions -- Background: Peace in Political Thought, Discourse, and Conceptualization -- Theories of Peace -- Overcoming civil strife -- Ending endemic war among poleis -- Explanations and Conclusion -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 6 Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern World -- "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 -- Notes -- Abbreviation -- References -- Index -- EULA.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aPeace (Philosophy)--History.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aRaaflaub, Kurt A.
_tPeace in the Ancient World
_dNewark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2016
_z9781118645093
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aAncient World: Comparative Histories Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4454407
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