Kings Into Gods - How Prostration Shaped Eurasian Civilizations

Kings into Gods: How Prostration Shaped Eurasian Civilizations investigates the reasons why men prostrate themselves before deities or before powerful men.

About the author

Vittorio Cotesta is professor of Sociology at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre. His fields of interest are Global Society, Human Rights, Modernity, Civilizations, and Ethnic Relations and Ethnic Conflicts. Among his works are: Global Society and Human Rights (Brill, Leiden/Boston, 2012); Sociologia dello straniero (Carocci, Roma, 2012); Sociologia dei conflitti etnici (revised edition, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2009); Images du Monde et société globale. Grandes interprétations et débats actuels (Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, 2006).

Product details

• Authors: Vittorio Cotesta
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2015
• EAN: 9789004288416
• ISBN: 978-90-04-28841-6
• No. of pages: 164
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 241 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 381 g
• Series: International Studies in Socio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories