Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya: Volume 190 (Civilization of the American Indian, Band 190) - Softcover

Leon-Portilla, Miguel

 
9780806123080: Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya: Volume 190 (Civilization of the American Indian, Band 190)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0806123087 ISBN 13: 9780806123080
Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

In this second English-language edition of one of his most notable works, Miguel León-Portilla explores the Maya Indians' remarkable concepts of time. At the book's first appearance Evon Z. Vogt, Curator of Middle American Ethnology in Harvard University, predicted that it would become "a classic in anthropology," a prediction borne out by the continuing critical attention given to it by leading scholars. Like no other people in history, the ancient Maya were obsessed by the study of time. Their sages framed its cycles with tireless exactitude. Yet their preoccupation with time was not limited to calendrics; it was a central trait in their evolving culture. In this absorbing work León-Portilla probes the question, What did time really mean for the ancient Maya in terms of their mythology, religious thought, worldview, and everyday life? In his analysis of key Maya texts and computations, he reveals one of the most elaborate attempts of the human mind to penetrate the secrets of existence.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Director of the Inter-American Indian Institute in Mexico City, Miguel León-Portilla is a significant young Mexican scholar. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees (summa cum laude) form Loyola University at Los Angeles and the Ph.D. from the National University of Mexico. La filosofía náhuatl: estudiada en sus fuentes, the Spanish version of this book, received high praise from both Mexican and American scholars.

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Verlag
University of Oklahoma Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1990
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0806123087
ISBN 13 
9780806123080
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
254
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