Heaven is empty: a cross-cultural approach to "religion" and empire in ancient China
"Heaven is Empty offers a new comparative perspective on the role of the sacred in the formation of China's early empires (221 BCE-9 CE) and shows how the unification of the Central States was possible without a unitary and universalistic conception of religion. The monotheism of the ancie...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
[2018]
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Han dynasty
/ Han Wudi, China, Kaiser ca. 156 BC-87 BC ; reg. 140 BC/141 - 86 BC/87
/ Rule
/ Centralisation
/ Economy
/ Administration
/ Legitimation
/ Religion
/ Ritual
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