Aryan Civilization: Its Religious Origin And Its Progress, With An Account Of The Religion, Laws - Softcover

Fustel De Coulanges

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046167484X ISBN 13: 9780461674842

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Aryan Civilization: Its Religious Origin And Its Progress, With An Account Of The Religion, Laws, And Institutions, Of Greece And Rome, Based On The Work Of De Coulanges by Fustel De Coulanges traces how early Aryan religions—chiefly fire worship and the worship of the dead—shaped social formation from the domestic hearth to the ancient city. The author shows how the family, gens, curia, and tribe emerged as religiously sanctioned bodies and how property rights and inheritance laws were inseparable from worship. The book maps four revolutions—dissolution of royal power, dismemberment of the gens, admission of plebeians into the city, and the rise of democracy—explaining how religious ideas organized law, politics, and social life. It compares Greco-Roman civilizations with Indian sources and argues that later philosophy and Christianity fragmented the link between religion and state, enabling modern notions of liberty and secular law. Contents cover fire-worship, ancestor cults, conception of property, marriage, adoption, agnation, and the city’s foundation and public rites. It blends philology, archaeology, and legal history to explain the evolution of ancient civilizations and their institutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046167484X
• ISBN 13: 9780461674842
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320