William Robertson Smith /

William Robertson Smith /

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Author / Creator:	Bošković, Aleksandar, author.
Imprint:	New York : Berghahn, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Anthropology's ancestors ; volume 2
Subject:	Smith, W. Robertson -- (William Robertson), -- 1846-1894. Smith, W. Robertson -- (William Robertson), -- 1846-1894. Anthropologists -- Scotland -- 19th century -- Biography. Anthropology of religion -- History -- 19th century. Myth and ritual school. Orientalism. Anthropologists. Anthropology of religion. Myth and ritual school. Orientalism. Scotland. Biographies. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12680172

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ISBN:	9781800731578 1800731574 9781800731585 1800731582 9781800731592
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"William Robertson Smith's influence on anthropology ranged from his relationship with John Ferguson McLennan, to advising James George Frazer to write about "Totem" and "Taboo" for the Encyclopaedia Britannica that he edited. This biography places a special emphasis on the notes and observations from his travels to Arabia, as well as on his influence on the representatives of the "Myth and Ritual School." With his discussion of myth and ritual, Smith influenced generations of scholars, and his insistence on the connection between the people, their God, and the land they inhabited inspired many of the concepts later developed by Émile Durkheim"--
Other form:	Online version: Bošković, Aleksandar. William Robertson Smith New York : Berghahn, 2021 9781800731592

Table of Contents:

The life of William Robertson Smith
Smith's travels and ethnographies
A journey in the Hijaz
Anthropology, religion, and myth
Myth, its meaning and some of its explanations
Anthropological approaches to the study of myth
Myth and ritual school
Methodology and literary criticism
Sociological aspects of Old Testament religion
Conclusion. Concluding remarks.