| Arguments and Icons: Divergent Modes of Religiosity Contributor(s): Whitehouse, Harvey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198234147 ISBN-13: 9780198234142 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $237.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: Through a close examination of four Melanesian religious traditions, Whitehouse identifies a set of recurrent interconnections between styles of religious transmission, systems of memory, and patterns of political association. He argues that these interconnections may shed light on a variety of general problems in history, archaeology, and social theory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Architecture - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 306.099 |
| LCCN: 99087914 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.76" W x 8.8" (0.91 lbs) 216 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Through a close examination of four Melanesian religious traditions, Whitehouse identifies a set of recurrent interconnections between styles of religious transmission, systems of memory, and patterns of political association. He argues that these interconnections may shed light on a variety of general problems in history, archaeology, and social theory. |
