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based on a thorough study of Steiner's unpublished papers, this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.
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 the German Academy of Language and Literature, Darmstadt.
Richard Fardon is Professor in West African Anthropology at the
School of Oriental and African Studies, London and has intensively
researched among Chamba-speaking people in Cameroon and Nigeria. He
is currently completing an intellectual biography of Mary
Douglas.
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