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"Moab was an ancient kingdom located in the highlands east of the Dead Sea in what is now Jordan. Known primarily from references in the Hebrew Bible, Moab has long occupied a marginal position, one defined by the complex interrelationship of history, theology, and politics that underlies biblical archaeology." "Focusing on the state as an effect rather than a cause, Bruce Routledge, a leading authority on the archaeology of Iron Age Moab, examines the constitution of the kingdom over a period of some seven hundred years. In particular, he develops Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony by examining the ways intellectual products, such as inscriptions, public buildings, and administrative practices, transformed local cultural resources in order to construct political dominance as a moral order. Through an analysis that combines archaeology and textual study, Routledge demonstrates how long-established principles underlying local identities were transformed when appropriated for particular state building projects. From this, he offers insights into the realization and historical reproduction of political power in everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.
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Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology (Archaeology, Culture, and Society)
June 2004, University of Pennsylvania Press
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081223801X 9780812238013
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"The state is a problem that subtly persists at the interstices of the words and concepts we use to invoke it."
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