TY - BOOK ID - 3439138 TI - The ritual practice of time : philosophy and sociopolitics of Mesoamerican calendars AU - Pharo, Lars Kirkhusmo AU - Brill PY - 2014 VL - 4 SN - 9789004252356 9789004252363 9004252363 130621033X 9781306210331 9004252355 PB - Leiden [etc.] Brill DB - UniCat KW - Maya calendar. KW - Mayas KW - Maya philosophy. KW - Aztec calendar. KW - Aztecs KW - Aztec philosophy. KW - Calendrier maya KW - Philosophie maya KW - Calendrier aztèque KW - Aztèques KW - Philosophie aztèque KW - Rites and ceremonies. KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Calendrier aztèque KW - Aztèques KW - Philosophie aztèque KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Philosophy, Aztec KW - Philosophy, Mexican KW - Aztec Indians KW - Azteca Indians KW - Aztecan Indians KW - Mexica Indians KW - Tenocha Indians KW - Indians of Mexico KW - Nahuas KW - Calendar, Aztec KW - Calendar KW - Philosophy, Maya KW - Philosophy, Central American KW - Calendar, Maya KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3439138 AB - Calendars of Mesoamerican civilisations are subjected to what is categorised as “ritual practices of time”. This book is a comparative explication of rituals of time of four calendars: the Long Count calendar, the 260-day calendar, the 365-day calendar and the 52-years calendar. Building upon a comparative analytical model, the book contributes new theoretical insights about ritual practices and temporal philosophies. This comprehensive investigation analyses how ritual practices are represented and conceptualised in intellectual systems and societies. The temporal ritual practices are systematically analysed in relation to calendar organisation and structure, arithmetic, cosmogony and chronometry, spatial-temporality (cosmology), natural world, eschatology, sociology, politics, and ontology. It is argued that the 260-day calendar has a particular symbolic importance in Mesoamerican temporal philosophies and practices. ER -