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Taboo, Truth and Religion

Jeremy Adler
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      Franz Steiner's study of Taboo 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 In a newly researched introductory chapter, based on a thorough study of Steiner's unpublished papers, this edition for the first time places the book in its context and offers a new reading of the text.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' Purity and Danger. 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. This 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.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Jeremy Adler EAN: 9781571817129 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 354 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Berghahn Books, Incorporated DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-11-18 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      Germany, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Biography: general, Cultural studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Sociology, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology

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      Jeremy Adler is Professor of German at King's College London and specializes ininterdisciplinary subjects such as literature and science, poetry and painting, literature and anthropology. He is currently preparing a collected edition of Franz Steiner's poetry for theGerman Academy of Language and Literature, Darmstadt. 
      Franz Steiner's study of Taboo 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 In a newly researched introductory chapter, based on a thorough study of Steiner's unpublished papers, this edition for the first time places the book in its context and offers a new reading of the text.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' Purity and Danger. 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. This 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.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Jeremy Adler EAN: 9781571817129 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 354 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Berghahn Books, Incorporated DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-11-18 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      Germany, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Biography: general, Cultural studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Sociology, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology

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      Jeremy Adler is Professor of German at King's College London and specializes ininterdisciplinary subjects such as literature and science, poetry and painting, literature and anthropology. He is currently preparing a collected edition of Franz Steiner's poetry for theGerman Academy of Language and Literature, Darmstadt. 

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