Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories (Ancient World: Comparative Histories)

Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- The Ancient World: Comparative Histories -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World -- Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt -- Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India -- Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China -- Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace -- Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern World. Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace -- Prologue -- Five Cases and a Thesis -- The Prevalence and Brutality of War in the Ancient World -- Visions of Peace -- Peace Cults -- War Cults -- Intellectual Concerns with Peace -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt -- The Egyptian World View: Conflict and Equilibrium -- Peacefulness as Moral Value -- Cultural Valuation of War and Peace -- Terminology -- Internal Strife and its Conceptual Treatment -- Political Behavior and Foreign Policy -- The peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India -- Aśoka -- Brahmanism -- Buddhism -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States -- Introduction -- Political Conditions in Early China -- The Warring States -- Peace in the Warring States -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace -- Introduction: Homer, Thucydides, Peace, and Just War -- Containing External War and Ending Civil War: Three Examples. Background: Peace in Political Thought, Discourse, and Conceptualization -- Theories of Peace -- Explanations and Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope -- "Universal Peace" in Ancient Empires -- "Inner Peace" and Non-violence in the Axial Age -- "Common Peace" Inside and Outside Sovereign States -- Conclusion: Explaining Ideas about Peace -- Abbreviation -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement. Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Contents 7 Notes on Contributors 9 Series Editor’s Preface 11 Introduction 13 Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World 14 Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt 16 Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India 18 Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China 19 Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace 21 Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern World 22 Chapter 1 Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace:: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World 24 Prologue 24 Five Cases and a Thesis 25 The Prevalence and Brutality of War in the Ancient World 30 Visions of Peace 31 Peace Cults 33 War Cults 36 Intellectual Concerns with Peace 38 Conclusion 41 Notes 42 Abbreviations 48 References 48 Chapter 2 Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt 55 The Egyptian World View: Conflict and Equilibrium 56 Peacefulness as Moral Value 58 Cultural Valuation of War and Peace 60 Terminology 61 Internal Strife and its Conceptual Treatment 63 Political Behavior and Foreign Policy 64 The peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites 70 Conclusion 73 Notes 74 Abbreviations 75 References 75 Chapter 3 Thinking about Peace in Ancient India 79 Aśoka 79 Brahmanism 81 Buddhism 85 Conclusion 99 Notes 100 Abbreviations 104 References 104 Chapter 4 Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China 110 Introduction 110 Political Conditions in Early China 113 The Warring States 114 Peace in the Warring States 117 Conclusion 121 Notes 124 References 128 Chapter 5 Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace 134 Introduction: Homer, Thucydides, Peace, and Just War 134 Containing External War and Ending Civil War: Three Examples 139 Large-scale inter-polis organizations to secure peace 139 Isocrates’ thoughts on exterminating war 142 An end to civil strife in Athens 144 Preliminary conclusions 145 Background: Peace in Political Thought, Discourse, and Conceptualization 146 Theories of Peace 148 Overcoming civil strife 148 Ending endemic war among poleis 151 Explanations and Conclusion 154 Notes 157 Abbreviations 162 References 162 Chapter 6 Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern World 170 “Universal Peace” in Ancient Empires 171 “Inner Peace” and Non-violence in the Axial Age 173 “Common Peace” Inside and Outside Sovereign States 176 Conclusion: Explaining Ideas about Peace 185 Notes 187 Abbreviation 190 References 190 Index 193 EULA 199 Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- The Ancient World: Comparative Histories -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace: The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World -- Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt -- Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India -- Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States: Philosophical Debates and the Management of Violence in Early China -- Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace -- Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope: Thinking about Peace in the Pre-Modern World. Chapter 1: Abhorring War, Yearning for Peace -- Prologue -- Five Cases and a Thesis -- The Prevalence and Brutality of War in the Ancient World -- Visions of Peace -- Peace Cults -- War Cults -- Intellectual Concerns with Peace -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 2: Concepts of Peace in Ancient Egypt -- The Egyptian World View: Conflict and Equilibrium -- Peacefulness as Moral Value -- Cultural Valuation of War and Peace -- Terminology -- Internal Strife and its Conceptual Treatment -- Political Behavior and Foreign Policy -- The peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 3: Thinking about Peace in Ancient India -- Aśoka -- Brahmanism -- Buddhism -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 4: Searching for Peace in the Warring States -- Introduction -- Political Conditions in Early China -- The Warring States -- Peace in the Warring States -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Greek Concepts and Theories of Peace -- Introduction: Homer, Thucydides, Peace, and Just War -- Containing External War and Ending Civil War: Three Examples. Background: Peace in Political Thought, Discourse, and Conceptualization -- Theories of Peace -- Explanations and Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope -- "Universal Peace" in Ancient Empires -- "Inner Peace" and Non-violence in the Axial Age -- "Common Peace" Inside and Outside Sovereign States -- Conclusion: Explaining Ideas about Peace -- Abbreviation -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories conducts a comparative investigation of why certain ancient societies produced explicit concepts and theories of peace and others did not.

• Explores the idea that concepts of peace in antiquity occurred only in periods that experienced exceptional rates of warfare
• Utilizes case studies of civilizations in China, India, Egypt, and Greece
• Complements the 2007 volume War and Peace in the Ancient World, drawing on ideas from that work and providing a more comprehensive examination