The Routledge Handbook of Emotions in the Ancient Near East Sonik Karen
The Routledge Handbook of Emotions in the Ancient Near East Sonik Karen This in-depth exploration of emotions in the ancient Near East illuminates the rich and complex worlds of feelings encompassed…
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The Routledge Handbook of Emotions in the Ancient Near East Sonik Karen
This in-depth exploration of emotions in the ancient Near East illuminates the rich and complex worlds of feelings encompassed within the literary and material remains of this remarkable region, home to many of the world's earliest cities and empires, and lays critical foundations for future study.Thirty-four chapters by leading international scholars, including philologists, art historians, and archaeologists, examine the ways in which emotions were conceived, experienced, and expressed by the peoples of the ancient Near East, with particular attention to Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the kingdom of Ugarit, from the Late Uruk through to the Neo-Babylonian Period (ca. The volume is divided into two parts: the first addressing theoretical and methodological issues through thematic analyses and the second encompassing corpus-based approaches to specific emotions. 3300-539 BCE).