Animals and Their Relation to Gods, Humans and Things in the Ancient World.
Intro -- Contents -- The authors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Keynotes -- 2 Human-Animal Studies. Bridging the Lacuna between Academia and Society -- 1 The (Western) Origins -- 2 What are Human-Animal Studies about? -- 3 Human-Animal Studies and their Potential as Connectors between Academia and Society -...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Wiesbaden : Vieweg,
2019
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Universal- und Kulturhistorische Studien. Studies in Universal and Cultural History Ser.
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| Schlagworte: | History, Ancient Antiquities Animals and civilization Human-animal relationships Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (485 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Contents -- The authors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Keynotes -- 2 Human-Animal Studies. Bridging the Lacuna between Academia and Society -- 1 The (Western) Origins -- 2 What are Human-Animal Studies about? -- 3 Human-Animal Studies and their Potential as Connectors between Academia and Society -- 3.1 HAS at the University of Innsbruck -- 3.2 Outcomes of HAS -- 3.3 Creating Bridges -- 4 Appeal -- Bibliography -- 3 Reflections on the Pivotal Role of Animals in Early Mesopotamia -- 1 Classification processes and animals -- 1.1 Gender classification in Sumerian -- 1.2 What are Animals? -- 1.3 Whales and Wugs -- 1.4 Writing Birds and Locusts -- 1.5 Classification in the Early Writings Systems -- 1.6 The Superordinate Taxon "Animal" -- 1.7 Different Ways to Classify -- 2 Classification, Abstraction, Symbolic Thought, Metaphors and Conceptual Frames -- 2.1 Objectification and Divinization (Early Dynastic period) as a Case Study -- 2.2 Semantic Frames and the Multi-Layered Writing System -- 3 Classification in the Lexical List: Domestic and 'Wild' Animals -- 4 Conceptual Frames -- Some Examples -- 4.1 The Case of the Dog: People as Dogs -- 4.2 The Cases of the Horse and the Camel -- 4.3 The Case of a Chimaera /Monster -- 5 The Ideological Salience of Animals -- 5.1 Reconciling the Domestic and the Wild Animal -- 5.2 Deity as Animals -- 5.3 Rulers (Humans) as Animals -- 5.4 Political Theology and Demonizing Animals -- 5.5 Animal Offerings for the Gods -- 5.6 The Animal in Later Secret Lore -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- 2 Taxonomies -- 4 Taxonomy and Medicine. Analysing Transfers between Disciplines, a Step towards Understanding Mesopotamian Sciences -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Setting -- 2.1 Latest Developments -- 2.2 What about "Scientific Tablets"? -- 3 Materia Medica in Medical Prescriptions -- 3.1 Why Focus on Medical Prescriptions?. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (485 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783658243883 3658243880 9783658243876 3658243872 |