Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya - Couverture souple

León-Portilla, Miguel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806123087 ISBN 13 : 9780806123080

Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 1990

Synopsis

In this second English-language edition of one of his most notable works, Miguel León-Portilla explores the Maya Indians' remarkable concepts of time. At the book's first appearance Evon Z. Vogt, Curator of Middle American Ethnology in Harvard University, predicted that it would become "a classic in anthropology," a prediction borne out by the continuing critical attention given to it by leading scholars.

Like no other people in history, the ancient Maya were obsessed by the study of time. Their sages framed its cycles with tireless exactitude. Yet their preoccupation with time was not limited to calendrics; it was a central trait in their evolving culture.

In this absorbing work León-Portilla probes the question, What did time really mean for the ancient Maya in terms of their mythology, religious thought, worldview, and everyday life? In his analysis of key Maya texts and computations, he reveals one of the most elaborate attempts of the human mind to penetrate the secrets of existence.

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À propos de l?auteur

Miguel León-Portilla (1926-2019) was an anthropologist and historian, specializing in Aztec culture and literature of the pre-Columbian and colonial eras.. León-Portilla studied at Loyola University and the National University of Mexico. La filosofía náhuatl: estudiada en sus fuentes, the Spanish version of this book, received high praise from both Mexican and American scholars.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Oklahoma Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806123087
• ISBN 13: 9780806123080
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 254
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