Dumont on Religion : Difference, Comparison, Transgression PDF
by Ivan Strenski
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Unlike the recent volumes published on Dumont's work aimed at social anthropologists, this volume identifies kernel ideas of particular interest for the study of religion.
Thus, while acknowledging Dumont's technical contribution to kinship studies or his part in the debates over the intricacies of structural theory or his apparent attempts to link idealism and empiricism, this volume focuses on subjects of particular interest to students and scholars of religion: concepts such as sacred and profane, pure and impure, transcendence, values, ideology, hierarchy, and cross cultural comparison.
Attention will also be paid to the ethical implications of Dumont's ideas, especially about his preference for hierarchy in social arrangements.
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- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Equinox Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:01/01/2008
- ISBN:9781845537371
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Equinox Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:01/01/2008
- ISBN:9781845537371