{"product_id":"to-feed-and-be-fed-the-cosmological-bases-of-authority-and-identity-in-the-andes-9780804749220","title":"To Feed and Be Fed: The Cosmological Bases of Authority and Identity in the Andes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book reexamines the structure of Inca society on the eve of the Spanish conquest. The author argues that native Andean cosmology, which centered on the idea of divine rulership, principally organized the indigenous political economy as well as spatial and socio-kinship systems. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRamírez begins by establishing that the phrase \u003ci\u003eel Cuzco\u003c\/i\u003e, picked up from the native peoples by the Spanish invaders, referred not only to a place but also to the Inca leader. This leader acted as the center of the Inca universe, connecting the people to their ancestors, nature, and each other. From this starting point, the author revisits the Inca cosmology and looks at the way in which the ruler and other authorities connected the people to the gods and bound a diverse polity together under divine protection. Next, the book shows how rituals immortalized these leaders and connected the people to past generations. Finally, the author examines how a cosmology, centered on the divine nature of the king, defined the community and identity of the Andean people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Elizabeth Ramírez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.24w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804749220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Ramírez holds the Neville G. Penrose Chair of History and Latin American Studies at Texas Christian University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe World Upside Down: Cross-Cultural Contact and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Peru\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford University Press, 1996).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40141673037939,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_86fce7f1-e71b-484a-9ad3-1bbf84a013d0.jpg?v=1654521284","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/to-feed-and-be-fed-the-cosmological-bases-of-authority-and-identity-in-the-andes-9780804749220","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}