Through revisiting and challenging what we think we know about the
work of Edward Burnett Tylor, a founding figure of anthropology, this
volume explores new connections and insights that link Tylor and his
work to present concerns in new and important ways. At the publication
of Primitive Culture in 1871, Tylor was at the centre of
anthropological research on religion and culture, but today Tylor's
position in the anthropological canon is rarely acknowledged. Edward
Burnett Tylor, Religion and Culture does not claim to present a
definitive, new Tylor. The old Tylor - the founder of British
anthropology; the definer of religion; the intellectualist; the
evolutionist; the liberal; the utilitarian; the avatar of white,
Protestant rationalism; the Tylor of the canon - remains. Part I
explore debates and contexts of Tylor's lifetime, while the chapters
in Part II explore a series of new Tylors, including Tylor the
ethnographer and Tylor the Spiritualist, re-writing the legacy of the
founder of anthropology in the process. Edward Burnett Tylor, Religion
and Culture is essential reading for anyone interested in the study of
religion and the anthropology of religion.
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ISBN
9781350003422
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok