How useful is the concept of "network" for historical studies and the ancient world in particular? Using theoretical models of social network analysis; this book illuminates aspects of the economic; social; religious; and political history of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Bringing together some of the most active and prominent researchers in ancient history; this book moves beyond political institutions; ethnic; and geographical boundaries in order to observe the ancient Mediterranean through a perspective of network interaction. It employs a wide range of approaches; and to examine relationships and interactions among various social entities in the Mediterranean. Chronologically; the book extends from the early Iron Age to the late Antique world; covering the Mediterranean between Antioch in the east to Massalia (Marseilles) in the west. This book was published as two special issues in Mediterranean Historical Review.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. If you want depthBy Ronald Greenexcellent in depth overview with detail on the Yogacara. For those who want detail4 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The Storehouse ConsciousnessBy Frank 7SFGGreat book; as described. Well written; sheds light on the Yogacara school of "conscious only". Prompt shipping. I would do business with this seller again!50 of 51 people found the following review helpful. An Historical Exploration of The Evolution of Early BuddhistBy Seth ZuihÅ SegallIn this volume; William Waldron explores the tension that existed in early Buddhist thought between a phenomenological psychology that took synchronic moments of mind as their point of focus; and a view of karma and liberation that was diachronic in nature. The early Buddhist psychology of the Pali Nikayas did not provide for nonconscious mental mechanisms that could provide continuity to both karma and the afflictive tendencies when they were momentarily out of consciousness. The Yogacara school of Buddhism developed the concept of the alaya-vijnana to remedy that problem; but then reached back to find justification for these novel ideas in the earliest strata of Buddhist texts. William Waldron carefully explores the development of these ideas from the Pali Nikayas; through the early abhidharmic writings; to the Yogacara writings of Asanga and Vasubandhu as these ideas gradually took on broader resonance and served new roles within Mahayana Buddhism; and as they developed against the broader background of Gupta-era Indian philosophizing. His prose is clear; his analogies helpful; and his scholarship seems careful and thorough. I am not a Buddhist scholar; but am a psychologist who has an interest in Buddhism. I think this book will be of great interest; not only to scholars; but also to readers who are interested in learning more about the psychology that is implicit in Buddhist writings. It certainly helped me to clarify some understandings of Buddhist terms which were still overly vague in my own mind; as well as to better understand the historical context in which they developed.
