The mythology in our language : remarks on Frazer's Golden bough /
In 1931, Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous Remarks on Frazer's 'Golden Bough,' published posthumously in 1967. At that time, anthropology and philosophy were in close contact. Continental thinkers drew heavily on anthropology's theoretical terms, like mana, taboo and potlatch,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
| Language Notes: | Wittenstein's Remarks on Frazer's Golden bough appears in parallel English and German text. The remainder of text is in English. |
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Chicago :
HAU Books,
[2018]
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| Summary: | In 1931, Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous Remarks on Frazer's 'Golden Bough,' published posthumously in 1967. At that time, anthropology and philosophy were in close contact. Continental thinkers drew heavily on anthropology's theoretical terms, like mana, taboo and potlatch, in order to help them explore the limits of human belief and imagination. Now the book receives its first translation by an anthropologist, in the hope that it can kick-start a new era of interdisciplinary fertilization. Wittgenstein's remarks on ritual, magic, religion, belief, ceremony and Frazer's own logical presuppositions are as lucid and thought-provoking now as they were in Wittgenstein's day. Anthropologists find themselves asking many of the same questions as Wittgenstein, and in a reflection of that, this volume is fleshed out with a series of engagements from some of the world's leading anthropologists, including Veena Das, Wendy James, Heonik Kwon, Michael Lambek, Sandra Laugier, Knut Christian Myhre, Rodney Needham, Michael Puett, Carlo Severi and Michael Taussig. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780990505068 0990505065 |