William Robertson Smith
Aleksandar Bosković · 2021
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"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 Émile Durkheim"--
Book details
- Year
- 2021
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 139
- ISBN
- 9781800731578
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