Universal Empire (eBook, ePUB)

A Comparative Approach to Imperial Culture and Representation in Eurasian History
Redaktion: Bang, Peter Fibiger

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Produktbeschreibung

The claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order. As such it is an exercise in comparative world history combining a multiplicity of approaches, from ancient history, to literary and philosophical studies, to the history of art and international relations and historical sociology. The notion of universal, imperial rule is presented as an elusive and much coveted prize among monarchs in history, around which developed forms of kingship and political culture. Different facets of the phenomenon are explored under three, broadly conceived, headings: symbolism, ceremony and diplomatic relations; universal or cosmopolitan literary high-cultures; and, finally, the inclination to present universal imperial rule as an expression of cosmic order.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139564588
• Artikelnr.: 53005231

Inhaltsangabe

1. 'Elephant of India' - universal empire through time and across cultures
Peter Fibiger Bang with Dariusz Köodziejczyk; Part I. Eurasia - Antiquity
till Early Modernity: 2. Propaganda and practice in Assyrian and Persian
imperial culture Gojko Barjamovic; 3. Between A¿oka and Antiochos - an
essay in world history on universal kingship and cosmopolitan culture in
the Hellenistic ecumene Peter Fibiger Bang; 4. The making of Oriental Rome:
shaping the Trojan legend Rolf Michael Schneider; 5. Pseudo-Aristotelian
politics and theology in universal Islam Garth Fowden; 6. The Christian
imperial tradition, Greek and Latin Judith Herrin and Dimiter Angelov; 7.
Khan, Caliph, Tsar and Imperator: the multiple identities of the Ottoman
Sultan Dariusz Köodziejczyk; 8. How the Mughal Padshahs referenced Iran in
their visual construction of universal rule Ebba Koch; 9. Ideologies of
state building in Vijayanagara and Post-Vijayanagara South India: some
reflections Velcheru Narayana Rao and Sanjay Subrahmanyam; 10. Sons of
Heaven: the Qing appropriation of the Chinese model of universal empire
Evelyn S. Rawski; Part II. Contrasting Universalisms - Old and New World:
11. Aztec universalism: ideology and status symbols in the service of
empire-building Justyna Olko; 12. From empire to Commonwealth(s) - orders
in Europe, 1300-1800 Peter Haldén; 13. Imperial universalism - further
thoughts John A. Hall.