| William Robertson Smith Contributor(s): Boskovic, Aleksandar (Author) |
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ISBN: 1800731574 ISBN-13: 9781800731578 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $137.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Social Scientists & Psychologists - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Customs & Traditions |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2021028081 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5" W x 8" (0.62 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: William Robertson Smith's influence on anthropology ranged from his relationship with John Ferguson McLennan, to advising James George Frazer to write about "Totem" and "Taboo" for the Encyclopaedia Britannica that he edited. This biography places a special emphasis on the notes and observations from his travels to Arabia, as well as on his influence on the representatives of the "Myth and Ritual School." With his discussion of myth and ritual, Smith influenced generations of scholars, and his insistence on the connection between the people, their God, and the land they inhabited inspired many of the concepts later developed by mile Durkheim. |