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The Greek Gods in Modern Scholarship - Interpretation and Belief in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Germany and Britain (Hardcover)
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The Greek Gods in Modern Scholarship - Interpretation and Belief in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Germany and Britain (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
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The nineteenth century is a key period in the history of the
interpretation of the Greek gods. The Greek Gods in Modern
Scholarship examines how German and British scholars of the time
drew on philology, archaeology, comparative mythology,
anthropology, or sociology to advance radically different theories
on the Greek gods and their origins. For some, they had been
personifications of natural elements, for others, they had begun as
universal gods like the Christian god, yet for others, they went
back to totems or were projections of group unity. The volume
discusses the views of both well-known figures like K. O. Muller
(1797-1840), or Jane Harrison (1850-1928), and of forgotten, but
important, scholars like F. G. Welcker (1784-1868). It explores the
underlying assumptions and agendas of the rival theories in the
light of their intellectual and cultural context, laying stress on
how they were connected to broader contemporary debates over
fundamental questions such as the origins and nature of religion,
or the relation between Western culture and the 'Orient'. It also
considers the impact of theories from this period on twentieth- and
twenty-first-century scholarship on Greek religion and draws
implications for the study of the Greek gods today.
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