{"product_id":"the-adventure-of-the-human-intellect-isbn-9781119162551","title":"The Adventure of the Human Intellect","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdventure of the Human Intellect \u003c\/i\u003epresents the latest scholarship on the beginnings of intellectual history on a broad scope, encompassing ten eminent ancient or early civilizations from both the Old and New Worlds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBorrows themes from \u003ci\u003eThe Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1946), updating an old topic with a new approach and up-to-date theoretical underpinning, evidence, and scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a broad scope of studies, including discussion of highly developed ancient or early civilizations in China, India, West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the world view of ten ancient or early societies, reconstructed from their own texts, concerning the place of human beings in society and state, in nature and cosmos, in space and time, in life and death, and in relation to those in power and the world of the divine\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders a diversity of sources representing a wide array of particular responses to differing environments, circumstances, and intellectual challenges\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects a more inclusive and nuanced historiographical attitude with respect to non-elites, gender, and local variations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together leading specialists in the field, and is edited by an internationally renowned scholar\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancesca Rochberg and Kurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Critique of the Cognitive‐historical Thesis of The Intellectual Adventure 16\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancesca Rochberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man: Revisiting a Classic 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Machinist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The World of Ancient Egyptian Thought 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames P. Allen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 On Speculative Thought in Ancient Mesopotamia 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenjamin R. Foster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Self, Substance, and Social Metaphysics: The Intellectual Adventures of Israel and Judah 105\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRyan Byrne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Ancient Greece: Man the Measure of All Things 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Thought‐World of Ancient Rome: A Delicate Balancing Act 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert A. Kaster and David Konstan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Self, Cosmos, and Agency in Early China 167\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa Raphals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Vedic India: Thinking and Doing 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephanie W. Jamison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 “Chronosophy” in Classic Maya Thought 198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Houston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Word, Sacrifice, and Divination: Aztec Man in the Realm of the Gods 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuilhem Olivier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Night Thoughts and Spiritual Adventures: Native North America 239\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Nabokov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 000\u003c\/p\u003e \"...a modern remake of the classic. ...Raaflaub has further raised the bar for the present volume, including chapters not just on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Israel, but also on Greece, Rome, China, India, the Mayans, the Aztecs, and Native North Americans. ...A truly global work that will be a welcome addition to a range of intellectual history and World-Civ courses. ...an excellent resource, well put together and comprehensive in all the right ways.\" - \u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/b\u003e is the David Herlihy University Professor \u0026amp; Professor of Classics and History Emeritus at Brown University. His previous works include \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece \u003c\/i\u003e(2004), \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace in the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), \u003ci\u003eOrigins of Democracy in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (with J. Ober and R. W. Wallace, 2007), \u003ci\u003eGeography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies\u003c\/i\u003e (with R. J. A. Talbert, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and\u003ci\u003e The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy: A Politico-cultural Transformation and Its Interpretations \u003c\/i\u003e(with J. Arnason and P. Wagner, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013). His numerous publications include authorship or editorship of 20 scholarly books, in addition to more than 120 articles in journals and essay collections.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990153314533,"sku":"NP9781119162551","price":167.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119162551.jpg?v=1761786705","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-adventure-of-the-human-intellect-isbn-9781119162551","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}