The new comparative mythology : an anthropological assessment of the theories of Georges Dum�zil
by Littleton, C. Scott (Covington Scott)
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 1966. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xv, 271 p. ; 23 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 239-259. Contents: Part I : The background -- The nature and location of Proto-Indo-European culture -- Comparative mythology, Frazerian anthropology, and Durkeimian sociology -- Part II : The evolution of the system -- The formative phase : 1924-1938 -- The developmental phase : 1938-1949 -- The florescent phase : 1949 to the present -- Part III : Disciples, critics, and an anthropology assessment -- The disciples and the critics -- An anthropologological assessment. Subjects: Dum�zil, Georges 1898-1986; Dum�zil, Georges Contributions in mythology; Mythology Methodology; Mythology, Indo-European; Philosophical anthropology; Comparative studies; Religious Methodology; Myths.
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- Title
- The new comparative mythology : an anthropological assessment of the theories of Georges Dum�zil
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- Littleton, C. Scott (Covington Scott)
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- Hardcover
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- 1st edition
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- Berkeley : University of California Press
- Date Published
- 1966
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