Robert Alun Jones

The Secret of the Totem

Religion and Society from McLennan to Freud

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 164mm x 237mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780231134385
• ISBN-10: 023113438X
• Artikelnr.: 21489460

Autorenporträt

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 Émile Durkheim: An Introduction to Four Major Works and The Development of Durkheim's Social Realism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Totemism as Animal Worship
2. Totemism as Sacrament
3. Totemism as Utility
4. Totemism as Self-Transcendence
5. Totemism as Neurosis
Conclusion. The Secret of the Totem
Notes
Bibliography
Index