The Aztecs
A Very Short Introduction| By: | David Carrasco |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Academic US |
| Print ISBN: | 9780195379389 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780199912667 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2011 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and warfare.