Chinese Ritual and Politics - Brossura

Ahern, Emily Martin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521040906 ISBN 13: 9780521040907

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Ritual action in China often takes its logic from political action. In this book Emily Ahern explores the implications of this.

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Descrizione del libro

As a result of the strength and dominance of the centralized state, ritual action in China often takes its logic from political action. In this book Emily Ahern explores the implications of this. She argues that forms of control attempted ritually on non-human persons (gods and other spirits) in China parallel those forms of control which people regard as effective in ordinary life, namely political control.

Contenuti

List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Interpersonal Communication: 1. Interpersonal versus non-interpersonal transaction; 2. Written bureaucratic communication; 3. Etiquette and control; Part II. Codes: 4. Divination; 5. Open and closed practices; Part III. Politics: 6. Ritual and political authorities; 7. Ritual as a learning game; Conclusions and further questions; Notes; Bibliography; Character list; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521040906
• ISBN 13: 9780521040907
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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