Heaven is empty :: a cross-cultural approach to "religion" and empire in ancient China /
"Heaven is Empty offers a new comparative perspective on the role of the sacred in the formation of China's early empires (221 BCE-9 CE) and shows how the unification of the Central States was possible without a unitary and universalistic conception of religion. The monotheism of the ancie...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Heaven is Empty offers a new comparative perspective on the role of the sacred in the formation of China's early empires (221 BCE-9 CE) and shows how the unification of the Central States was possible without a unitary and universalistic conception of religion. The monotheism of the ancient Mediterranean, in which the cult of the divinized ruler was crucial for the legitimization of Rome's authority across geographical and social boundaries and the emperor embodied both the timelessness of social hierarchies and the universality of Rome's rule, is often used as an analytical template for studying other ancient empires. Filippo Marsili challenges such approaches in his examination of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han (141-87 BCE). Wu purposely drew from regional traditions and tried to gain the support of local communities through his patronage of local cults; he was interested in rituals that envisioned the monarch as a military leader who directly controlled the land and its resources, as a means for legitimizing radical administrative and economic centralization. In reconstructing this imperial model, Marsili reinterprets fragmentary official accounts in light of material evidence and non-canonical and recently excavated texts. In bringing to life the courts, battlefields, markets, shrines, and pleasure quarters of early imperial China, Heaven is Empty provides a postmodern and postcolonial re-assessment of religion before the arrival of Buddhism and challenges the application of Greco-Roman and Abrahamic notions of "divinity," "myth," and "ritual" to the analysis of pre-Christian and non-Western realities"-- |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xi, 331 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781438472034 143847203X |
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| spelling | Marsili, Filippo, 1973- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBG79DhcMyjdQc6pMbHT3 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018067929 Heaven is empty : a cross-cultural approach to "religion" and empire in ancient China / Filippo Marsili. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (xi, 331 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture "Heaven is Empty offers a new comparative perspective on the role of the sacred in the formation of China's early empires (221 BCE-9 CE) and shows how the unification of the Central States was possible without a unitary and universalistic conception of religion. The monotheism of the ancient Mediterranean, in which the cult of the divinized ruler was crucial for the legitimization of Rome's authority across geographical and social boundaries and the emperor embodied both the timelessness of social hierarchies and the universality of Rome's rule, is often used as an analytical template for studying other ancient empires. Filippo Marsili challenges such approaches in his examination of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han (141-87 BCE). Wu purposely drew from regional traditions and tried to gain the support of local communities through his patronage of local cults; he was interested in rituals that envisioned the monarch as a military leader who directly controlled the land and its resources, as a means for legitimizing radical administrative and economic centralization. In reconstructing this imperial model, Marsili reinterprets fragmentary official accounts in light of material evidence and non-canonical and recently excavated texts. In bringing to life the courts, battlefields, markets, shrines, and pleasure quarters of early imperial China, Heaven is Empty provides a postmodern and postcolonial re-assessment of religion before the arrival of Buddhism and challenges the application of Greco-Roman and Abrahamic notions of "divinity," "myth," and "ritual" to the analysis of pre-Christian and non-Western realities"-- Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references and index. An empire without "a religion" -- Readings of the "sacred" : Chinese religion, Chinese religions, and religions in China -- Writing the empire : ex pluribus plurima -- Narrating the empire : metaphysics without God, "religions" without identity -- Time, myth, and memory : of water, metal, and cinnabar -- Place and ritual : from templum to text -- The importance of getting lost. Print version record. Han Wudi, Emperor of China, 156 B.C.-87 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83024340 Han Wudi, Emperor of China, 156 B.C.-87 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhddGwPWddkyWMMRH86Kd China Religion History. China Religious life and customs. China History 221 B.C.-960 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024042 China Kings and rulers Religious aspects History. Chine Religion Histoire. Chine Histoire 221 av. J.-C.-960. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Spirituality Paganism & Neo-Paganism. bisacsh RELIGION Comparative Religion. bisacsh Kings and rulers Religious aspects fast Religion fast China fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3 221 B.C.-960 A.D. fast History fast has work: Heaven is empty (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGxFXRGwwXRQb99VxKVP8K https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Marsili, Filippo, 1973- Heaven is empty. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018] 9781438472010 (DLC) 2017059913 (OCoLC)1036750813 SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86724503 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1925305 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Marsili, Filippo, 1973- Heaven is empty : a cross-cultural approach to "religion" and empire in ancient China / SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. An empire without "a religion" -- Readings of the "sacred" : Chinese religion, Chinese religions, and religions in China -- Writing the empire : ex pluribus plurima -- Narrating the empire : metaphysics without God, "religions" without identity -- Time, myth, and memory : of water, metal, and cinnabar -- Place and ritual : from templum to text -- The importance of getting lost. Han Wudi, Emperor of China, 156 B.C.-87 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83024340 Han Wudi, Emperor of China, 156 B.C.-87 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhddGwPWddkyWMMRH86Kd BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Spirituality Paganism & Neo-Paganism. bisacsh RELIGION Comparative Religion. bisacsh Kings and rulers Religious aspects fast Religion fast |
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| title_full | Heaven is empty : a cross-cultural approach to "religion" and empire in ancient China / Filippo Marsili. |
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| topic | Han Wudi, Emperor of China, 156 B.C.-87 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83024340 Han Wudi, Emperor of China, 156 B.C.-87 B.C. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhddGwPWddkyWMMRH86Kd BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Spirituality Paganism & Neo-Paganism. bisacsh RELIGION Comparative Religion. bisacsh Kings and rulers Religious aspects fast Religion fast |
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