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William Robertson Smith (Hardcover)
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William Robertson Smith (Hardcover)
Series: Anthropology's Ancestors
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The life and career of one of anthropology's most important
ancestors, William Robertson Smith in the context of the history of
anthropology. 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 Emile Durkheim. "This is a clear, well-informed and interesting
account of Robertson Smith's central ideas. The theories are set in
the context of debates of the day, and their influence on
anthropology and bible studies is discussed. An original and
fascinating section reviews Robertson Smith's field work in the
Middle East, which was much more extensive and intensive than is, I
think, generally appreciated."-Adam Kuper, London School of
Economics From the introduction: Although respected and studied,
especially since the 1990s, Smith has a somewhat paradoxical
position in the history of social and cultural anthropology.
Anthropologists educated in the twentieth century admire him, but
many contemporary scholars are not quite sure what to make of him.
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