Conceiving the Empire
China and Rome Compared
ISBN13: 9780199214648ISBN10: 0199214646
Hardback,
512 pages
Mar 2009,
In Stock
Price:
$175.00 (06)Description
The essays in Conceiving the Empire explore the mental images, ideas, and symbolical representations of `empire' which developed in the two most powerful political entities of antiquity: China and Rome. While the central focus is on historiography, other related fields are also explored: geography and cartography, epigraphy, art and architecture, and, more generally, political thought and the history of ideas. Written by a collaborative team of experts in Sinology and Classical Studies, the volume focuses the attention of the emerging discipline of East-West cross-cultural studies on an essential feature of the ancient Mediterranean and Chinese worlds: the emergence of `empire' and the enduring influence of the `imperial' order.Features
- Interdisciplinary approach introduces the reader to a wide range of issues concerning `empire' in ancient Chinese and Roman history
- Compelling framework of comparison will inspire East-West cross-cultural studies
About the Author(s)
Fritz-Heiner Mutschler is Professor of Classics at Dresden University. Achim Mittag is Professor of Chinese Studies at Tubingen University.
