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portada Rethinking Empire: Materiality, Metaphysics, and Imperial Politics
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Collection
School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series
Year
2026
Language
English
Pages
210
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.86x15.24x1.91 cm
ISBN13
9780826369888

Rethinking Empire: Materiality, Metaphysics, and Imperial Politics

Tamara L. Bray (Author) · University of New Mexico Press · Paperback

Rethinking Empire: Materiality, Metaphysics, and Imperial Politics - Tamara L. Bray

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Synopsis "Rethinking Empire: Materiality, Metaphysics, and Imperial Politics"

A new and characteristically innovative work from the School for Advanced Research's Seminar Series.

This groundbreaking volume explores how dynamic interactions between human actors, material objects, and metaphysical beliefs shaped and sustained empires. From Han Chinese water management to Xiongnu drinking vessels, from Hittite royal imagery to Teotihuacan animal sacrifices, from Andean anti-imperial resistance to ritual rebirth in Travancore, the case studies reveal how materials and metaphysics intertwined to both enable and constrain imperial ambitions. The contributors examine how assemblages of artifacts, resources, animals, and landscapes actively shaped power relations across diverse imperial formations, while sometimes facilitating resistance to them. Moving beyond conventional political histories, the volume illuminates how things helped constitute imperial authority. In examining these material-political assemblages, the authors provide new theoretical frameworks for understanding empire-building as an emergent process involving both human and non-human actors, while raising crucial questions about archaeology’s ethical obligations in studying imperial power.

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