Anthropological Studies of Religion: An Introductory Text - Softcover

Morris, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052133991X ISBN 13: 9780521339919

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

In this important, scholarly and wide-ranging text, Brian Morris provides a lucid outline of the nature of the explanations of religious phenomena offered by such great thinkers as Hegel, Marx, and Weber. In doing so he also unravels the many theoretical strategies in the study of religion that have been developed and explored by later anthropologists. Besides discussing the classical authors and the debates surrounding their work, Morris presents perceptive accounts of more contemporary scholars such as Jung, Malinowski, Levi-Strauss, Geertz, and Godelier. Written from the standpoint of critical sympathy, and free of jargon, this book is an invaluable guide to the writings on religion of all the major figures in anthropology.

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Book Description:

The religious significance of the works of Hegel, Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Freud is clarified to redefine the study of religion pursued by anthropologists. Perceptive accounts of contemporary scholars as well as classical authors are included.

From the Back Cover:

All the great thinkers who have set the intellectual tenor of our times--Hegel, Marx, Tylor, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, and Freud--had a lifelong and abiding interest in the nature and significance of religion, and many of their crucial works were in fact devoted to explicating its origin and function.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 052133991X
• ISBN 13: 9780521339919
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 382