Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a CivilizationPsychology Press, 2006 - 437 síður Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, this second edition of Barry J. Kemp's popular text presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people, the book also includes two new chapters exploring the last ten centuries of Ancient Egyptian civilization and who, in ethnic terms, the ancients were. Fully illustrated, the book draws on both ancient written materials and decades of excavation evidence, transforming our understanding of this remarkable civilization. Broad ranging yet impressively detailed, Kemp's work is an indispensable text for all students of Ancient Egypt. |
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... means of myth and symbol , fashioning ideologies . Ambitious individuals create from the framework a basis of power , establishing systems of conduct which direct the energies and resources of others . The history of the world is not an ...
Anatomy of a Civilization Barry J. Kemp. By these means the lives and views of a whole population are reduced to a singular- ity . This serves as a great convenience to all , including ourselves when looking at ancient Egypt . In ...
... means of measuring their daily actions and changes of mood and state of health that were not crudely simplistic and took into account that dark submerged current of perversity which is bound to react against any system . If such a ...
... means of which energy is dispersed . If the outcome were to be wholly destructive then that end would be thwarted . Sufficient of what has evolved and developed must survive to allow the play - gaming is a powerful metaphor here - to ...
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Who were the ancient Egyptians? | 19 |
The intellectual foundations of the early state | 60 |
The dynamics of culture | 111 |
The provider state | 161 |
The bureaucratic mind | 163 |
Model communities | 193 |
Intimations of our future | 245 |
New Kingdom Egypt the mature state | 247 |
The birth of economic man | 302 |
Moving on | 336 |
Epilogue | 387 |
Notes | 389 |
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