Discourse and the Construction of Society: Comparative Studies of Myth, Ritual, and Classification
by Bruce Lincoln
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In this edition of his seminal theoretical work on myth, ritual, and classification, Bruce Lincoln explores the ways in which these narratives and practices hold human societies together - and how, in times of crisis, they can be used to take a society apart and reconstruct it. The second edition includes three new chapters, new images, and an updated bibliography.Tags
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Bruce Lincoln is Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School and in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Committee on Medieval Studies, and is Associate Faculty in the Departments of Anthropology and Classics at the University of Chicago. His most recent publications include Gods and show more Demons, Priests and Scholars: Critical Explorations in the History of Religions (2012), "Happiness for Mankind". Achaemenian Religion and the Imperial Project (2012), and Comparer en histoire des religions antiques, coedited with Claude Calame (2012). show less
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- Original title
- Discourse and the Construction of Society: Comparative Studies of Myth, Ritual, and Classification
- Original publication date
- 1989
- Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, Anthropology, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, History, General Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 306.6 — Social sciences Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Culture and institutions Religious institutions
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- GN479 .L56 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Anthropology Anthropology Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology Cultural traits, customs, and institutions Social organization
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