Ritual in Song Chinese Warfare, 960-1279:
Butler, Marcia |
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ISBN 13: 9781138944022 ISBN 10: 1138944025 Category: Sociology: Ethnic Studies Edition: 1 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication Date: 12/2026 Format: Cloth Status: Not Yet Published Imprint: Routledge Affiliation: Missouri State University, USA Audience: College/higher education Pages: 224 Weight: 2 Retail Price: 155.00 (Tentative Price May Change) Quantity On Hand: 0 Quantity On Order: 0 |
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Synopsis: Through a detailed study of the new military treatises produced by China’s Song dynasty, this book shows how important for warfare, and for Song government generally, were new rituals where cultural and supernatural emblems mimicked natural forces and became themselves objects for the production of power. The book thereby casts a great deal of light on the nature of the Song regime overall. Moreover, the book argues that the new rituals and associated cosmology and ideology, once disseminated widely throughout society, were one of the factors which in time led to the decline and overthrow of the Song dynasty. |
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