In this book, Daniel Dubuisson analyses the long history of the dichotomy between religion and magic, as well as the great stakes of power which it has concealed over the centuries.
Abstract
Behind its theoretical and scientific ambition, Pascal Boyer's work mobilizes several ideas and notions (starting with that of "religion") that belong to the old Western cultural tradition. ...It is precisely this ideological substratum and its indispensable cognitive "crutches" that this article seeks to identify.
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Myths have intrigued scholars throughout history. 'Twentieth Century Mythologies' traces the study of myth over the last century, presenting the key theories of mythology and critiquing traditional ...definitions of myth. The volume presents the work of influential scholars in mythology: the noted Indo-Europeanist Georges Dumezil, the structuralist anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, and the historian of religions Mircea Eliade. 'Twentieth Century Mythologies' is an indispensable resource for scholars of religion and myth and for all those interested in the history of ideas.
Foreword, Professor Robert A. Segal Preface Introduction Part I: Georges Dumézil or Society (1898-1986) Part II: Claude Lévi-Strauss or the Mind (1908- ) Part III: Mircea Eliade or the Sacred (1907-1986) Conclusion: Modern Theories of Myth and the History of Western Thought
Resting on a new and long awaited comparative study (of buddhism, yoga, christian spirituality and ancient philosophies), this book restores wisdoms into their fascinating and vigorous personality. ...It particularly demonstrates that all of them were inspired by similar principles and conceived very comparable mental techniques.
The absence of an exclusive method or global theory in the area of religious studies should by no means be considered an insurmountable obstacle before which critical thinking should be paralyzed, ...and beyond which it would be unable to move.
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This introduction examines some of the theoretical problems which have delayed the cooperation between visual culture studies and contemporary religious studies.
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Because its topic is not so much the study of myth as much as it is theories of myth, this book aims at a rather precise goal: to make a contribution to writing a history of ideas in the twentieth ...century. Twentieth Century Mythologies does this by offering a comparative epistemology to examine the diverse scholarly definitions of, and hypotheses concerning, myth and myths-assembling both theorists and theories into a coherent picture in which the specific place, contributions, as well as shortcomings, of each becomes apparent. The book examines in detail the influential work of three great scholars: the noted Indo-Europeanist Georges Dumézil, the structuralist anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, and the historian of religions Mircea Eliade. Taken together, the scholarly productions of these authors comprise the twentieth-century's body of work, or discourse, on myth(s). First published in France in 1993, and since then translated into Italian (1995) and Romanian (2003), Twentieth Century Mythologies provides an indispensable resource not only for scholars of religion and myth, but also for those interested in both the history and the impact of ideas in the last century.
Depuis une vingtaine d’années, et spécialement aux USA, une meilleure connaissance et une meilleure compréhension de la personnalité, de la vie et de l’œuvre de Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) ont suscité ...de très vives discussions qui ont à leur tour occasionné de nouvelles enquêtes et controverses. L’auteur du présent ouvrage a participé de très près à ces débats en établissant dès 1993 que l’œuvre de celui que l’on a considéré parfois comme le plus « grand historien des religions du xxe siècle », se nourrissait en fait de thèmes qui empruntaient eux-mêmes beaucoup au fascisme et à l’antisémitisme roumains des années trente, à l’ésotérisme contemporain (Guénon, Evola, Coomaraswamy) ainsi qu’au gnosticisme antique. Le présent ouvrage reprend, dans une version revue et sensiblement augmentée, l’ensemble de ces enquêtes pour lesquelles une introduction et une conclusion inédites ont été composées.
This introduction examines some of the theoretical problems which have delayed the cooperation between visual culture studies and contemporary religious studies.
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Visual Culture and Religious Studies Dubuisson, Daniel
Method & theory in the study of religion,
01/2013, Letnik:
25, Številka:
1
Journal Article
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