The economy of ancient Egypt

• Verfasst von: Ezzamel, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The economy of ancient Egypt
• Titelzusatz: state, administration, institutions
• Verf.angabe: Mahmoud Ezzamel
• Verlagsort: London ; New York
• Verlag: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Jahr: 2025
• Umfang: xv, 406 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Routledge explorations in economic history series
• ISBN: 978-1-032-55087-9
• ISBN: 978-1-032-55096-1
• Schlagwörter: (g)Ägypten <Altertum> / (s)Wirtschaft / (s)Verwaltung / (s)Institution <Soziologie>
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1902350391

Abstract

Taking ancient records as the starting point for analysis, this book theorises the state, administration and economy of ancient Egypt. The Egyptian state is theorised as an administrative field of material and symbolic powers with emphasis upon the latter because it has received scant attention in Egyptology.

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Dates Covered in the Book* -- Introduction -- The Travel and Reception of Ancient Texts -- The Main Arguments -- Notes -- Part I The Emergence of the Egyptian State and Administrative Institutions -- 1 Concepts of 'The State' and Ancient Egypt -- Traditional Concepts of the State -- Social Inequality -- Social Contract -- The State as a Political Ensemble of Cultural Entities -- High Culture and Body Art -- Competition Over Resources -- The State as an Administrative Field of Material and Symbolic Power -- Symbolic Power as Doxa -- Ancient Egypt as an Administrative Field of Power -- Doxic Discourse and Egyptian Kingship -- The Scope for Resisting Royal Doxa -- Notes -- 2 The Administrative Field of Power -- The King -- The Divinity and Power of the King -- The King as a Just Ruler Who Realises Maat -- Changes in Royal Power and the Politicisation of Kingship -- A Brief Summary of Administrative Institutions Below the King -- The Duties of the Vizier -- From the Early Dynastic Period to the End of the Second Intermediate Period -- From the New Kingdom Onwards -- The Granaries -- Size of Granaries -- Monitoring Granaries -- The Treasuries -- The Temples -- From the Early Dynastic Period to the End of the First Intermediate Period -- From the Middle Kingdom to the End of the Second Intermediate Period -- From the New Kingdom to the End of the Third Intermediate Period -- The Relationship Between the Temples and the Egyptian State -- Other Administrative Departments -- The Royal Residences -- The Great Mansions -- The Works -- The King's Documents -- Chapter Summary -- Notes -- 3 The Administrative Field, Symbolic Power and Social Connectivity.