Ancient Greece and China compared /:

Ancient Greece and China Compared is a pioneering, methodologically sophisticated set of studies, bringing together scholars who all share the conviction that the sustained critical comparison and contrast between ancient societies can bring to light significant aspects of each that would be missed...

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Weitere Verfasser: Lloyd, G. E. R. (Geoffrey Ernest Richard), 1933- (HerausgeberIn), Zhao, Jingyi Jenny (HerausgeberIn), Dong, Qiaosheng (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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Zusammenfassung:Ancient Greece and China Compared is a pioneering, methodologically sophisticated set of studies, bringing together scholars who all share the conviction that the sustained critical comparison and contrast between ancient societies can bring to light significant aspects of each that would be missed by focusing on just one of them. The topics tackled include key issues in philosophy and religion, in art and literature, in mathematics and the life sciences (including gender studies), in agriculture, city planning and institutions. The volume also analyses how to go about the task of comparing, including finding viable comparanda and avoiding the trap of interpreting one culture in terms appropriate only to another. The book is set to provide a model for future collaborative and interdisciplinary work exploring what is common between ancient civilisations, what is distinctive of particular ones, and what may help to account for the latter.
Beschreibung:"This book originated in a conference entitled Comparing Ancient Worlds: Greece and China that marked the celebration of G.E.R. Lloyd's eightieth birthday on 25 January 2013"--Page x
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 430 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108340663
1108340660

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