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Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was a wide-ranging thinker whose ideas affected almost every branch of the social sciences. And nowhere is this impact more evident or more persistent than on the study of myth, ritual, and religion. He articulated as never before or since a program of seeing myths as part of the functional, pragmatic, or performed dimension of culture--that is, as part of activities that did certain tasks for particular human communities. Spanning his entire career, this anthology brings together for the first time the important texts from his work on myth. Ivan Strenski's introduction places Malinowski in his intellectual world and traces his evolving conception of mythology. As Strenski points out, Malinowski was a pioneer in applying the lessons of psychoanalysis to the study of culture, while at the same time he attempted to correct the generalizations of psychoanalysis with the cross-cultural researches of ethnology. With his growing interest in psychoanalysis came a conviction that myths performed essential cultural tasks in "chartering" all sort of human institutions and practices.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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9780691631219 | Princeton Univ Pr, April 19, 2016, cover price $74.95
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9780691601557 | Princeton Univ Pr, July 14, 2014, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was a wide-ranging thinker whose ideas affected almost every branch of the social sciences.
Product Description: Featuring comprehensive updates and additions, the second edition of Understanding Theories of Religion explores the development of major theories of religion through the works of classic and contemporary figures. â¢Â A new edition of this introductory text exploring the core methods and theorists in religion, spanning the sixteenth-century through to the latest theoretical trends â¢Â Features an entirely new section covering religion and postmodernism; race, sex, and gender; and religion and postcolonialism â¢Â Examines the development of religious theories through the work of classic and contemporary figures from the history of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology â¢Â Reveals how the study of religion evolved in response to great cultural conflicts and major historical events â¢Â Student-friendly features include chapter introductions and summaries, biographical vignettes, a timeline, a glossary, and many other learning aids Â...read more
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9781444330847 | 2 edition (Blackwell Pub, March 30, 2015), cover price $46.95 | About this edition: Featuring comprehensive updates and additions, the second edition of Understanding Theories of Religion explores the development of major theories of religion through the works of classic and contemporary figures.
9780253208095, titled "The Songs of Robert Schumann" | 2 edition (Indiana Univ Pr, July 1, 1993), cover price $15.95 | also contains The Songs of Robert Schumann | About this edition: Eric Sams' study of Schumann's 246 songs (Faber 1961, revised 1993) - a companion volume to his The Songs of Hugo Wolf, also available in Faber Finds - remains a classic text.
In this collection of 11 essays the author outlines a programme of integrative, contextualized studies of religion. A number of different themes are included in these modern studies of religion.
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9780872498662 | Univ of South Carolina Pr, September 1, 1992, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: In this collection of 11 essays the author outlines a programme of integrative, contextualized studies of religion.
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9781349118687 | Palgrave Macmillan, January 14, 2014, cover price $79.99
Hardcover:
9780754675631 | Ashgate Pub Co, February 16, 2010, cover price $375.00
Product Description: Why Politics Can't be Freed From Religion is an original, erudite, and timely new book from Ivan Strenski. Itinterrogates the central ideas and contexts behind religion, politics, and power, proposing an alternative way in which we should think about these issues in the twenty-first century...read more
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9781405176491 | Blackwell Pub, March 15, 2010, cover price $109.95 | About this edition: Why Politics Can't be Freed From Religion is an original, erudite, and timely new book from Ivan Strenski.
Paperback:
9781405176484 | Blackwell Pub, March 22, 2010, cover price $41.95 | About this edition: Why Politics Can't be Freed From Religion is an original, erudite, and timely new book from Ivan Strenski.
Miscellaneous:
9781444319163 | Blackwell Pub, February 16, 2010, cover price $84.95
Product Description: Louis Dumont was a prominent anthropologist and sociologist whose work - notably on Indian society - influenced the study of religion. 'Dumont on Religion' introduces Dumont's work on kinship studies, structural theory, and his views on idealism...read more
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9781845532734 | Routledge, November 28, 2009, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: Louis Dumont was a prominent anthropologist and sociologist whose work - notably on Indian society - influenced the study of religion.
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9781845532741 | Routledge, November 28, 2009, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: Louis Dumont was a prominent anthropologist and sociologist whose work - notably on Indian society - influenced the study of religion.
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9780813538938 | Rutgers Univ Pr, December 25, 2006, cover price $72.00
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9780813538945 | Rutgers Univ Pr, December 25, 2006, cover price $31.50
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9780813925516 | Univ of Virginia Pr, July 1, 2006, cover price $25.00
Product Description: Matching pivotal theorists and theories of religion alongside cutting-edge criticism from a team of leading contemporary scholars, this vibrant collection enables students to gain a balanced understanding of the diverse methods, theories, and theorists involved in the historical and methodological development of the study of religion...read more
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9781405121668 | Blackwell Pub, March 24, 2006, cover price $127.95 | About this edition: Matching pivotal theorists and theories of religion alongside cutting-edge criticism from a team of leading contemporary scholars, this vibrant collection enables students to gain a balanced understanding of the diverse methods, theories, and theorists involved in the historical and methodological development of the study of religion.
Paperback:
9781405121675 | Blackwell Pub, March 24, 2006, cover price $46.95
Product Description: This history-based introduction to the study of religion introduces the main methods, theories and theorists in the field. Introduces the main methods, theories and theorists in the field. Engages with leading figures from the history of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy and theology who have influenced the study of religion...read more
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9781405120111 | Blackwell Pub, February 20, 2006, cover price $129.95
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9781405120128 | Blackwell Pub, February 20, 2006, cover price $48.95 | About this edition: This history-based introduction to the study of religion introduces the main methods, theories and theorists in the field.
Product Description: Are social scientific theories and confessional theologies of sacrifice equally well suited as public discourse about religion? The French liberal Protestant theologians of the 5th Section of the Ecole Pratique and the French doyen of sociology, Emile Durkheim and his two main followers, Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss, engage in a struggle over the proper approach to sacrifice in the public university...read more
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9789004132764 | Brill Academic Pub, September 1, 2003, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: Are social scientific theories and confessional theologies of sacrifice equally well suited as public discourse about religion?
Product Description: Are social scientific theories and confessional theologies of sacrifice equally well suited as public discourse about religion? The French liberal Protestant theologians of the 5th Section of the Ecole Pratique and the French doyen of sociology, Emile Durkheim and his two main followers, Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss, engage in a struggle over the proper approach to sacrifice in the public university...read more
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9789004135598 | Brill Academic Pub, September 1, 2003, cover price $164.00 | About this edition: Are social scientific theories and confessional theologies of sacrifice equally well suited as public discourse about religion?
Hardcover:
9780226777368 | Univ of Chicago Pr, July 1, 2002, cover price $54.00
Product Description: Ivan Strenski debunks the common notion that there is anything "essentially" Jewish in Durkheim's work. Seeking the Durkheim inside the real world of Jews in France rather than the imagined Jewishness inside Durkheim himself, Strenski adopts a Durkheimian approach to understanding Durkheim's thought...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
Hardcover:
9780226777238 | Univ of Chicago Pr, June 8, 1997, cover price $72.00 | About this edition: Ivan Strenski debunks the common notion that there is anything "essentially" Jewish in Durkheim's work.
Paperback:
9780226777245 | Univ of Chicago Pr, May 1, 1997, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Ivan Strenski debunks the common notion that there is anything "essentially" Jewish in Durkheim's work.
Hardcover:
9780877451815 | Univ of Iowa Pr, December 1, 1987, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Book by Strenski, Ivan
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