Aspects Of Kinship In Ancient Iran

Author : D. T. Potts
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Iran
ISBN : 9780520394995

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Originally delivered as the Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures, Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran is an exploration of kinship in the archaeological and historical record of Iran's most ancient civilizations. D.T. Potts brings together history, archaeology, and social anthropology to provide an overview of what we can know about the kith and kinship ties in Iran, from prehistory to Elamite, Achaemenid, and Sasanian times. In so doing, he sheds light on the rich body of evidence that exists for kin relations in Iran, a topic that has too often been ignored in the study of the ancient world.

Author : D. T. Potts
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520395015

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Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran by D. T. Potts Pdf

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Originally delivered as the Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures, Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran is an exploration of kinship in the archaeological and historical record of Iran’s most ancient civilizations. D.T. Potts brings together history, archaeology, and social anthropology to provide an overview of what we can know about the kith and kinship ties in Iran, from prehistory to Elamite, Achaemenid, and Sasanian times. In so doing, he sheds light on the rich body of evidence that exists for kin relations in Iran, a topic that has too often been ignored in the study of the ancient world.

Author : Paul John Frandsen
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9788763507783

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Incestuous and Close-kin Marriage in Ancient Egypt and Persia by Paul John Frandsen Pdf

For both ancient Egypt and Iran, as a cultural feature, incestuous relationships are usually dismissed on the grounds that they are only found as the exception, being allowed for royalty as representatives for the divine on earth, or that the evidence for such relationships are unreliable. Neither view, from the perspective of this study, is tenable. This work examines the evidence for marriage and sexual relations between siblings, and between a parent and child, in ancient Egypt and pre-Islamic Iran. The book restricts its examination to incestuous relationships between members of non-royal nuclear families and puts forth arguments against the generally held axiom that the prohibition of incest is a universal phenomenon.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780520417373

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by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leire Olabarria
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781108498777

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Kinship and Family in Ancient Egypt by Leire Olabarria Pdf

Uses primary evidence to ask anthropological questions about kinship and families in ancient Egyptian society.

Author : Kamal-Aldin Niknami,Ali Hozhabri
Publisher : Springer
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 3030417786

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Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period by Kamal-Aldin Niknami,Ali Hozhabri Pdf

This collection of twenty-eight essays presents an up-to-date survey of pre-Islamic Iran, from the earliest dynasty of Illam to the end of Sasanian empire, encompassing a rich diversity of peoples and cultures. Historically, Iran served as a bridge between the earlier Near Eastern cultures and the later classical world of the Mediterranean, and had a profound influence on political, military, economic, and cultural aspects of the ancient world. Written by international scholars and drawing mainly on the field of practical archaeology, which traditionally has shared little in the way of theories and methods, the book provides crucial pieces to the puzzle of the national identity of Iranian cultures from a historical perspective. Revealing the wealth and splendor of ancient Iranian society – its rich archaeological data and sophisticated artistic craftsmanship – most of which has never before been presented outside of Iran, this beautifully illustrated book presents a range of studies addressing specific aspects of Iranian archaeology to show why the artistic masterpieces of ancient Iranians rank among the finest ever produced. Together, the authors analyze how archaeology can inform us about our cultural past, and what remains to still be discovered in this important region.

Author : Muhammad A. Dandamaev,Vladimir G. Lukonin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0521611911

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The Culture and Social Institutions of Ancient Iran by Muhammad A. Dandamaev,Vladimir G. Lukonin Pdf

The authors look in detail at the highly developed social institutions of the Achaemenid Empire.

Author : Ehsan Yarshater
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Iran
ISBN : 0710090900

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Encyclopedia Iranica by Ehsan Yarshater Pdf

Author : Shirin Naef
Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783772056161

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Kinship, law and religion by Shirin Naef Pdf

Since the first IVF birth in 1990, the Iranian medical community has not only given full support to the use and development of assisted reproductive technology but has aided the emergence of a powerful, locally-trained body of medical practitioners and biomedical researchers. At the same time, from a religious point of view, most Shia legal authorities – differences of opinion notwithstanding – have taken a relatively permissive view and generally support assisted reproductive technology, including procedures that involve egg, sperm and embryo donation as well as surrogacy arrangements under certain conditions. An examination of the social, legal and ethical aspects of the development and implementation of these technologies in Iran is the subject of this book. It is based on a combination of extensive ethnographic research and textual analysis of important academic and religious seminary publications in Iran, from Shia jurisprudence (fiqh) and Persian histories to the analysis of laws and verdicts.

Author : Ali Mozaffari
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857723987

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Forming National Identity in Iran by Ali Mozaffari Pdf

Modern Iran is a country with two significant but competing discourses of national identity, one stemming from ancient pre-Islamic customs and mythology, the other from Islamic Shi'i practices and beliefs. At one time co-existing and often mutually reinforcing, in more modern times they have been appropriated by intellectuals and the state who have drawn upon their narratives and traditions to support and authenticate their ideologies. The result has been an often-confused notion of identity in Iran. In this essential work, Ali Mozaffari explores the complex processes involved in the formation of Iranian national identity. He lays particular stress upon the importance of place, for it is through the concept of place that collective national identity and ideas of homeland are expressed and disseminated. The author reveals the ways in which homeland is conceived both through designated permanent sites and ritual performance, illustrating his arguments through an analysis of the ancient Achaemenid capital of Persepolis and the Shi'i rituals of Moharram. In a final part of the book, he extends his analysis to the Ancient Iran Museum and the Islamic Period Museum, housed in the National Museum of Iran, showing how the major transformations of twentieth-century Iran, which have so far been perceived in terms of political discourses and historical events, are in fact concerned with conceiving place. Forming National Identity in Iran offers powerful insights into the forces shaping national identity in Iran, which makes it a valuable contribution to the cultural and political importance of place.

Author : Christopher Prestige Jones
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0674505271

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Kinship Diplomacy in the Ancient World by Christopher Prestige Jones Pdf

In this study of the political uses of perceived kinship from the Homeric age to Byzantium, Jones provides an unparalleled view of mythic belief in action and addresses fundamental questions about communal and national identity.

Author : Jonathan ok Dyck
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004493360

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The Theocratic Ideology of the Chronicler by Jonathan ok Dyck Pdf

This volume is a study of the ideology of the Chronicler in the context of the emerging theocratic community of Judah in the Persian period. This study breaks new ground in treating the 'purpose' of Chronicles from an explicitly social-theoretical perspective. The first two chapters examine the relationship between biblical interpretation and ideological criticism, moving from the historical critical concept of 'purpose' to the hermeneutical issues of understanding, ideological distortion and critique. Subsequent chapters are devoted to three ideological critical readings of Chronicles focusing in succession on the identity of Israel, the legitimacy of Jerusalem and the construction of hierarchy. Care is taken throughout to define concepts clearly and to highlight the interpretive perspectives employed making this volume particularly useful for those engaged in methodological discussion.

Author : Maurizio Bettini,William Michael Short
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1107157617

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The World through Roman Eyes by Maurizio Bettini,William Michael Short Pdf

The culmination of a project aimed at showcasing, in a systematic way, the potential of applying anthropological perspectives to classical studies, this volume highlights the fundamental contribution this approach has to make to our understanding of ancient Roman culture. Through the close study of themes such as myth, polytheism, sacrifice, magic, space, kinship, the gift, friendship, economics, animals, plants, riddles, metaphors, and images in Roman society (often in comparison with Greece) - where the texts of ancient culture are allowed to speak in their own terms and where the experience of the natives (rather than the horizon of the observer) is privileged - a rich panorama emerges of the worldview, beliefs, and deep structures that shaped and guided this culture.

Author : Jamshed Cawasji Katrak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Marriage
ISBN : UVA:X000374105

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Marriage in Ancient Iran by Jamshed Cawasji Katrak Pdf

Author : Marit Melhuus
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780857455024

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Problems of Conception by Marit Melhuus Pdf

The Biotechnology Act in Norway, one of the most restrictive in Europe, forbids egg donation and surrogacy and has rescinded the anonymity clause with respect to donor insemination. Thus, it limits people's choice as to how they can procreate within the boundaries of the nation state. The author pursues this significant datum ethnographically and addresses the issues surrounding contemporary biopolitics in Norway. This involves investigating such fundamental questions as the relation between individual and society, meanings of kinship and relatedness, the moral status of the embryo and the role of science, religion and ethics in state policies. Even though the book takes reproductive technologies as its focus, it reveals much about vital processes that are central to contemporary Norwegian society.