History of Water, A, Series II, Volume 1 de Terje Tvedt

History of Water, A, Series II, Volume 1: Ideas of Water from Ancient Societies to the Modern World

Terje Tvedt

T. Oestigard

How has water been perceived in different societies and across different eras of world history? How have these changing conceptions informed and influenced our ideas about society and ourselves? In "The Idea of Water" leading international scholars explore the rich record of our ideas, from the beliefs of early societies to the latest scientific views on the nature of this unique substance. Ranging across all aspects - scientific, cultural and religious - this important work both challenges conventional interpretations and understanding of water in nature and represents one of the first attempts to provide a history of our changing conceptions of the role and significance of water in human society.

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Terje Tvedt is Professor of Geography at the University of Bergen and Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo. He is the author of a number of successful books and films on water issues, including The River Nile in the Age of the British (I.B. Tauris, 2004) and The River Nile in the Post-Colonial Age (I.B. Tauris 2009). He is series editor for the first History of Water series (3 volumes, I.B. Tauris, 2006). Terje Oestigaard is Research Fellow at the Centre for Development Studies at the University of Bergen. He has undertaken fieldwork in Bangladesh, Greece, Jordan, India, Nepal and Palestine and is the author of a number of books including (as co-editor) The Materiality of Death. Bodies, Burials, Beliefs (2008) and The World of Water (I.B. Tauris, 2006).

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Chapter 1:A History of the Ideas of Water: Deconstructing Nature and Constructing SocietyTerje Tvedt & Terje OestigaardPart 1 From Big Bang to the Hydrological cycleChapter 2:Water and CosmosRobert Kandel Chapter 3:Water in Science and Scientific DiscoveryPhilip BallChapter 4:Water and the Development of the Concept of Chemical SubstancePaul NeedhamChapter 5:Water, its flux, its cycle, and its power: the romantic turning point in the history of the water ideaRodney FarnsworthPart 2 From Roman Aqueducts to Modern SpasChapter 6:Aqueduct as Hegemonic ArchitectureRina FalettiChapter 7:Social Uses of Water in the Ancient Mediterranean Garrett G. FaganChapter 8:The Rule of Water: Uncertainty and the Cultural Ecology of Water in South IndiaDavid MosseChapter 9:Water and Sanitation from Antiquity to TodayPetri S. Juuti and Henry Nygård Chapter 10:Cultural Ideas of Water and Swimming in Modern EuropeSusan C. AndersonPart 3 From Judaism and Islam to the Maya water cosmologyChapter 11:Bathing in Divine Waters: Water and Purity in Judaism and IslamFrancesca de ChâtelChapter 12:Purification, Purgation and Penalty: Christian Concepts of Water and Fire in Heaven and Hell Terje OestigaardChapter 13:Hydrolatry in early European religions and Christian syncretism:Dieter GertenChapter 14:Water in Aboriginal AustraliaVeronica StrangChapter 15:"Rain, snakes and sex - making rain":Rock art and rain-making in Africa and AmericaTore SætersdalChapter 16: Shaping Beliefs, Identities and Institutions: the Role of Water Myths among Ethnic Groups in Yunnan of ChinaZheng Xiao YunChapter 17: Flood MythsWendy DonigerChapter 18:Water Cosmoview and Symbolism in the Mesoamerican and Peruvian Area in the pre-Hispanic periodJosé Luis Martínez Ruiz, Daniel Murillo Licea & Jorge Martínez Ruiz