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The Secret of the Totem. Religion and Society from McLennan to Freud.
Robert Alun Jones
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Description for The Secret of the Totem. Religion and Society from McLennan to Freud.
Considers the construction of a theory and the divergent ways religious scholars, anthropologists, psychoanalysts, and cultural theorists drew on totemism to explore and define primitive and modern societies' religious, cultural, and sexual norms. Num Pages: 360 pages, spot art. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Though it is now discredited, totemism once captured the imagination of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, James Frazer, and other prominent Victorian thinkers. In this lively intellectual history, Robert Alun Jones considers the construction of a theory and the divergent ways religious scholars, anthropologists, psychoanalysts, and cultural theorists drew on totemism to explore and define primitive and modern societies' religious, cultural, and sexual norms. Combining innovative readings of individual scholars' work and a rich portrait of Victorian intellectual life, Jones brilliantly traces the rise and fall of a powerful idea. First used to describe the belief systems of Native American tribes, ... Read more
Though it is now discredited, totemism once captured the imagination of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, James Frazer, and other prominent Victorian thinkers. In this lively intellectual history, Robert Alun Jones considers the construction of a theory and the divergent ways religious scholars, anthropologists, psychoanalysts, and cultural theorists drew on totemism to explore and define primitive and modern societies' religious, cultural, and sexual norms. Combining innovative readings of individual scholars' work and a rich portrait of Victorian intellectual life, Jones brilliantly traces the rise and fall of a powerful idea. First used to describe the belief systems of Native American tribes, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231134385
SKU
V9780231134385
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About Robert Alun Jones
Robert Alun Jones is professor emeritus of religious studies, history, and sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Emile Durkheim: An Introduction to Four Major Works and The Development of Durkheim's Social Realism.
Reviews for The Secret of the Totem. Religion and Society from McLennan to Freud.
[The Secret of the Totem] belongs in all academic libraries... Highly recommended. Choice It is extremely unlikely that we will ever be given a more illuminating, graceful, and authoritative account of totemism's parabolic career than this one.
Andrew Von Hendy, Boston College Victorian Studies This highly scholarly book is a valuable reference for people interested in either totemism or ... Read more
Andrew Von Hendy, Boston College Victorian Studies This highly scholarly book is a valuable reference for people interested in either totemism or ... Read more