Decayed Gods - Origin and Development of Georges Dumezil's Ideologie Tripartie (Hardcover)

In 1930 Dumezil wrote an article in which he defended the Indo-European character of the Indian "varnas," In 1986 he was completing his final 25 "Esquisses," research proposals the aim of which was to allow his model of the 'ideologie tripartie' of Indo-European traditions to be applied to his 'disciples'. According to this model Indo-European traditions were typified by a threefold division into functions of society, the world of the gods, and the heroic traditions. These were the functions of sovereignty, power and 'fertility'. This theoretical model was elaborated by Dumezil in a large number of books and articles. Between 1930 and 1986 he broadened enormously the amount of data on which his model was based. To do so he had regularly to adapt and reformulate his model. This was not without consequences for the material which he had interpreted earlier on. In this study a detailed description is given of this process of reformulation and reinterpretation and the conclusion is that the totality of the various models does not, despite its aesthetic attraction, satisfy the criteria which should be set for scientific models.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Studies in Greek and Roman Religion, 7
Release date:	July 1991
First published:	1991
Authors:	Wouter W. Belier
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With printed dust jacket
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-09487-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-09487-3
Barcode:	9789004094871

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