02058nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10479752 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101221s2010 enka sb 001 0 eng d 2010284238 9780745323169 (hbk.) 9781849644495 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)743492516 JX1255 .P55 2010eb 327 22 Pijl, Kees van der. The foreign encounter in myth and religion [electronic resource] / Kees van der Pijl. London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. xv, 243 p. : ill. Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; v. 2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index. Tribal foreign relations and mythical ancestry -- Sedentary-nomad encounters in Semitic myth and religion -- Warrior heroes in the Indo-European lineage -- Imperial cosmologies and the nomad counterpoint -- Rival fundamentalisms on the imperial frontier. The author traces the key characteristics of 'foreign encounters' over time, showing that myth, religion and ethical philosophies have always informed the way that societies have interacted with outsiders. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. International relations. International relations History. Religion and international relations. International relations Moral and ethical aspects. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Pijl, Kees van der. Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; v. 2. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10479752 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 219678 219678