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The ritual practice of time : philosophy and sociopolitics of Mesoamerican calendars

Title: The ritual practice of time : philosophy and sociopolitics of Mesoamerican calendars / by Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo.
Author: Pharo, Lars Kirkhusmo.
Publication: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

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Description

xii, 417 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

Calendars of Mesoamerican civilisations are subjected to what is categorised as "ritual practices of time". The book is a comparative explication of rituals of time of four calendars: The Long Count calendar, the 260-day calendar, the 365-day calendar and the 52-years calendar. Building upon a comparative analytical model the book contributes new theoretical insights about ritual practices and temporal philosophies. The comprehensive investigation analyse how ritual practices are represented and conceptualised in intellectual systems and societies. The temporal ritual practices are systematically analysed in relation to: calendar organisation and structure; arithmetic; cosmogony and chronometry; spatial-temporality (cosmology); natural world; eschatology; sociology; politics; ontology. It is argued that the 260-day calendar has a particular symbolic importance in Mesoamerican temporal philosophies and practices.

Series Statement

The Early Americas: History and Culture ; 4

Uniform Title

Early Americas ; v. 4.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 14-2571

ISBN

9789004252356 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9004252355 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9789004252363 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013026055

OCLC

854857944

Author

Pharo, Lars Kirkhusmo.

Title

The ritual practice of time : philosophy and sociopolitics of Mesoamerican calendars / by Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Early Americas: History and Culture ; 4

Early Americas ; v. 4.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-2571

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