London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
xv, 243 p. : ill.
Seri:
Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; v. 2
Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; v. 2.
İçerik:
Tribal foreign relations and mythical ancestry -- Sedentary-nomad encounters in Semitic myth and religion -- Warrior heroes in the Indo-European lineage -- Imperial cosmologies and the nomad counterpoint -- Rival fundamentalisms on the imperial frontier.
Özet:
The author traces the key characteristics of 'foreign encounters' over time, showing that myth, religion and ethical philosophies have always informed the way that societies have interacted with outsiders.