Robin Horton

Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of Robin Horton's classic papers on African religion (1960-1990), presenting a wide-ranging enquiry into religious thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 932g
• ISBN-13: 9780521360876
• ISBN-10: 0521360870
• Artikelnr.: 21234531

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Beginnings: l. A definition of religion, and its uses
Part II. Mainly Critical: 2. Neo-Tylorianism: sound sense or sinister prejudice?
3. Levy-Bruhl, Durkheim and the scientific revolution
4. Back to Frazer?
5. Professor Winch on safari
6. Judaeo-Christian spectacles: boon or bane to the study of African religions?
Part III. Mainly Constructive: 7. African traditional thought and Western science
8. Paradox and explanation: a reply to Mr Skorupski
9. Tradition and modernity revisited
Postscript.