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Dumont on Religion - Difference, Comparison, Transgression (Hardcover, New)
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Dumont on Religion - Difference, Comparison, Transgression (Hardcover, New)
Series: Key Thinkers in the Study of Religion
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Among French structuralists, Louis Dumont is sometimes regarded as
an inferior to the far more celebrated Claude Levi-Strauss. But, in
truth, Dumont has far more to contribute to the study of religion
than his more fashionable contemporary. Notably, his work has
informed the specialized field of study in the religions of India,
but also more recently the comparative study of modern ideology of
the West with the worldviews of traditional societies. Unlike the
recent volumes published on Dumont's work aimed at social
anthropologists, this volume identifies kernel ideas of particular
interest for the study of religion. Thus, while acknowledging
Dumont's technical contribution to kinship studies or his part in
the debates over the intricacies of structural theory or his
apparent attempts to link idealism and empiricism, this volume
focuses on subjects of particular interest to students and scholars
of religion: concepts such as sacred and profane, pure and impure,
transcendence, values, ideology, hierarchy, and cross cultural
comparison. Attention will also be paid to the ethical implications
of Dumont's ideas, especially about his preference for hierarchy in
social arrangements.
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