New Kingdom royal succession strategies and their possible Old Kingdom antecedents

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

New Kingdom royal succession strategies and their possible Old Kingdom antecedents

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Part I of this essay argues that an intricate system of succession strategies existed in ancient Egypt with the so-called &quot;positional succession&quot; at its centre. The text explains how these succession strategies (mix of bio-genealogically and culturally defined kinship relations) were valid simultaneously, resulting in paradoxes axial to the ancient Egyptian symbolic system. The text describes the impossibility of individuals, attempting to navigate these cultural dynamics with the intent of manipulating them to their advantage, of escaping such symbolic polyvalence. This essay therefore aims-among other things-to be a contribution to the discussion on the modalities of the individual-society interaction. The argument also illustrates that even though these succession strategies concern the pinnacle of ancient Egyptian society (office of the king), the underlying symbolic dynamics, conceptualised by the ka, are constitutive for ancient Egyptian society as a whole and can thus be readily applied to other areas as well (funerary concepts, kinship system, cosmology, etc.). The analysis is based primarily on New Kingdom material. Part II then tentatively extrapolates these principles to the Old Kingdom context with the intent of identifying possible similarities. If the supporting arguments of this article&apos;s thesis are found satisfactory, then the suggested workings of the &quot;positional succession&quot; strategy within the ancient Egyptian symbolic system would have major impact on our understanding of ancient Egyptian royal ideology, kinship system and cultural dynamics in general.

Název v anglickém jazyce

New Kingdom royal succession strategies and their possible Old Kingdom antecedents

Popis výsledku anglicky

Part I of this essay argues that an intricate system of succession strategies existed in ancient Egypt with the so-called &quot;positional succession&quot; at its centre. The text explains how these succession strategies (mix of bio-genealogically and culturally defined kinship relations) were valid simultaneously, resulting in paradoxes axial to the ancient Egyptian symbolic system. The text describes the impossibility of individuals, attempting to navigate these cultural dynamics with the intent of manipulating them to their advantage, of escaping such symbolic polyvalence. This essay therefore aims-among other things-to be a contribution to the discussion on the modalities of the individual-society interaction. The argument also illustrates that even though these succession strategies concern the pinnacle of ancient Egyptian society (office of the king), the underlying symbolic dynamics, conceptualised by the ka, are constitutive for ancient Egyptian society as a whole and can thus be readily applied to other areas as well (funerary concepts, kinship system, cosmology, etc.). The analysis is based primarily on New Kingdom material. Part II then tentatively extrapolates these principles to the Old Kingdom context with the intent of identifying possible similarities. If the supporting arguments of this article&apos;s thesis are found satisfactory, then the suggested workings of the &quot;positional succession&quot; strategy within the ancient Egyptian symbolic system would have major impact on our understanding of ancient Egyptian royal ideology, kinship system and cultural dynamics in general.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_019%2F0000734" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000734: Kreativita a adaptabilita jako předpoklad úspěchu Evropy v propojeném světě</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

The Rise and Development of the Solar Cult and Architecture in Ancient Egypt

ISBN

978-3-447-11677-0

Počet stran výsledku

35

Strana od-do

199-233

Počet stran knihy

251

Název nakladatele

Harrasowitz

Místo vydání

Wiesbaden

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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