Michel Despland

Bastide on Religion

The Invention of Candomble

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Produktbeschreibung

Locates Roger Bastide (1898-1974) in the general context of sociology as it developed in the generation following that of Emile Durkheim. This biography shows how he helped broaden the original agenda by taking interest in historical factors and paying attention to the work of ethnologists on so-called primitive societies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Acumen Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 243g
• ISBN-13: 9781845533663
• ISBN-10: 1845533666
• Artikelnr.: 24733569

Autorenporträt

Michel Despland is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Religion at Concordia University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An Intellectual Biography 2. Breaking the Glass and Striking the Rock 3.
Symbols, Memory and Anticipation: Sociology from Durkheim to Gurvitch 4.
Civilizations Neither Meet Nor Clash; People Do 5. The Three Books on
Afro-Brazilian Religions 6. The Paris Career: The World of French
Ethnologists 7. Leaving Safe Ground: Acknowledging the Fluidity of Human
Interaction 8. Candomblé as Paradigm for Translocal Religion 9. O Sagrado
Selvagem as Corner Stone of a Theory of Religion 10. Study of Religion and
Sociology of Knowledge 11. The Aesthetic Dimension, or the Black Hen Lays
White Eggs