The Political Economy of Indo-European Polytheism : How to Deal with Too Many Gods

by Mario Ferrero

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Polytheism and Economics -- Part I The Beginnings -- 2 Greeks and Romans: The Religions Without Professional Priests -- 3 Celts and Germans: The Elusive Religions -- 4 Indians and Iranians: The Priestly Religions -- Part II The Endings -- 5 Extinction: Polytheism Unreformed -- 6 Death and Rebirth: Polytheism Reformed -- Part III The Economics -- 7 Economic Analysis: From Typology to Outcomes -- 8 Economic Models: Gods, Supplicants, and Priests -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- Index.

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Year of publication:	2022
Authors:	Ferrero, Mario
Publisher:	2022.: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2022.: Cham : Imprint: Springer
Subject:	Economics of religion \| Transition from polytheism to monotheism \| Hinduism and Zoroastrianism \| Greco-Roman religion and its demise \| Priesthood as a profession and as an interest group \| Religion and political economy \| Birth of monotheism \| Political economy to polytheistic religion \| Polytheistic theology as a rational choice problem \| Religion \| Wirtschaftswissenschaft \| Economics \| Religionswissenschaft \| Religious studies \| Entscheidung unter Unsicherheit \| Decision under uncertainty \| Interessenpolitik \| Lobbying
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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (XI, 188 p. 8 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
Series:	Contributions to Economics Springer eBook Collection
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	978-3-030-97943-0 ; 978-3-030-97942-3 ; 978-3-030-97944-7 ; 978-3-030-97945-4
Other identifiers:	10.1007/978-3-030-97943-0 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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