{"product_id":"taboo-truth-and-religion-9781571817112","title":"Taboo, Truth and Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFranz Steiner's study of \u003ci\u003eTaboo\u003c\/i\u003e is internationally recognized as a classic in its field. In a newly researched introductory chapter, based on a thorough study of Steiner's unpublished papers, this edition for the first time places the book in its context and offers a new reading of the text. More than just a critique of existing taboo theories, as it has often been seen, this study offers a profound analysis of danger behavior and pollution in \"non-civilized\" societies. This provided an important starting-point for Mary Douglas' \u003ci\u003ePurity and Danger\u003c\/i\u003e. A key aspect of Steiner's achievement lies in his attempt to reconcile detailed, faithful ethnographic analysis with anthropological comparison. His analysis of taboo thus provides a case study with wide-ranging ramifications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThis new edition makes a classic text available once again to students and general readers. A major new introduction based on archival research offers, for the first time, a biography and critical study of Franz Steiner; it not only places him in the context of British and European thought but also shows his importance for contemporary debates, among them deconstruction and Orientalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“These works… must be read and reread for their brilliance as individual pieces, but reading them as a collectivity makes the experience all the more richer and intellecutally challenging.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• American Anthropologist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tContents of Volume II\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tA Note on Quotations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: INTRODUCTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tFranz Steiner. A Memoir\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMary Douglas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAn Oriental in the West: The Life of Franz Baermann Steiner\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeremy Adler and Richard Fardon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: TABOO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Discovery of Taboo\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eTaboo in Polynesia (I)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eTaboo in Polynesia (II)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eA Victorian Problem: Robertson Smith\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eTaboo and Contagion\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eTaboo and the 'Holy'\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Hebrew Bible: Snaith and Frazer\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrazer and His Critic, Marett\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eTaboo as Negative \u003cem\u003eMana\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eVan Gennep and Radcliffe-Brown\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eWundt and Freud\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Problem of Taboo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography. Reviews of \u003cem\u003eTaboo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: RELIGIOUS TRUTH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tHow to Define Superstition?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tEnslavement and the Early Hebrew Lineage System: An Explanation of Genesis 47: 29-31, 48: 1-16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tChagga Law and Chagga Truth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography and References to Volumes I and II\u003cbr\u003e \tName Index to Volume I\u003cbr\u003e \tSubject Index to Volume II\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041427947863,"sku":"9781571817112","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571817112.jpg?v=1750950238","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taboo-truth-and-religion-9781571817112","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}