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Mesopotamia : Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods by Jean Bottéro (1992, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226067262
ISBN-139780226067261
eBay Product ID (ePID)1391960
Product Key Features
Number of Pages326 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMesopotamia : Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods
Publication Year1992
SubjectCivilization, Ancient / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorJean Bottéro
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight21.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN91-025917
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal935
Table Of ContentChronology Rules of transcription and translation Map The Birth of the West I: Assyriology 1: In Defense of a Useless Science 2: Assyriology and Our History 3: A Century of Assyriology II: Writing 4: The "Avalanche" of Decipherments in the Ancient Near East between 1800 and 1930 5: From Mnemonic Device to Script 6: Writing and Dialectics, or the Progress of Knowledge III: "Reasoning": Institutions and Mentality 7: Oneiromancy 8: Divination and the Scientific Spirit 9: The Substitute King and His Fate 10: The "Code" of Hammurabi 11: "Free Love" and Its Disadvantages IV: "The Gods": Religion 12: The Religious System 13: Intelligence and the Technical Function of Power: Enki/Ea 14: The Dialogue of Pessimism and Transcendence 15: The Mythology of Death Glossary-Index References Bibliographical Orientation
SynopsisOur ancestors, the Mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of history. To give the reader some sense of how Mesopotamian civilization has been mediated and interpreted in its transmission through time, Bottero begins with an account of Assyriology, the discipline devoted to the ancient culture. This transmission, compounded with countless discoveries, would not have been possible without the surprising decipherment of the cuneiform writing system. Bottero also focuses on divination in the ancient world, contending that certain modes of worship in Mesopotamia, in their application of causality and proof, prefigure the "scientific mind."
LC Classification NumberDS69.5.B6813 1992
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