دانلود کتاب Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories

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Title Page --
Table of Contents --
Notes on Contributors --
Series Editor\'s Preface --
The Ancient World: Comparative Histories --
Introduction --
Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World --
Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt --
Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India --
Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China --
Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace --
Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern World. Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace --
Prologue --
Five Cases and a Thesis --
The Prevalence and Brutality of War in the Ancient World --
Visions of Peace --
Peace Cults --
War Cults --
Intellectual Concerns with Peace --
Conclusion --
Abbreviations --
References --
Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt --
The Egyptian World View: Conflict and Equilibrium --
Peacefulness as Moral Value --
Cultural Valuation of War and Peace --
Terminology --
Internal Strife and its Conceptual Treatment --
Political Behavior and Foreign Policy --
The peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites. Conclusion --
Abbreviations --
References --
Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India --
Aśoka --
Brahmanism --
Buddhism --
Conclusion --
Abbreviations --
References --
Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States --
Introduction --
Political Conditions in Early China --
The Warring States --
Peace in the Warring States --
Conclusion --
References --
Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace --
Introduction: Homer, Thucydides, Peace, and Just War --
Containing External War and Ending Civil War: Three Examples. Background: Peace in Political Thought, Discourse, and Conceptualization --
Theories of Peace --
Explanations and Conclusion --
Abbreviations --
References --
Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope --
\"Universal Peace\" in Ancient Empires --
\"Inner Peace\" and Non-violence in the Axial Age --
\"Common Peace\" Inside and Outside Sovereign States --
Conclusion: Explaining Ideas about Peace --
Abbreviation --
References --
Index --
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