Apples and oranges: explorations in, on, and with comparison
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- I. General Observations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Future of History of Religions -- 3. Theses on Comparison -- II. Recent Attempts at Grand Comparison -- 4. The Werewolf, the Shaman, and the Historian -- 5. The Lingering Prehis...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois ;
The University of Chicago Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Myth
/ Religion
/ Comparative religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Myth
B Comparative religion B Religions Study and teaching Methodology B Religion B Religions History To 1500 B Electronic books B Myth Cross-cultural studies B Social Sciences Comparative method |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: Lincoln, Bruce: Apples and Oranges : Explorations In, On, and With Comparison. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press,c2018. - 9780226563916 |
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- I. General Observations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Future of History of Religions -- 3. Theses on Comparison -- II. Recent Attempts at Grand Comparison -- 4. The Werewolf, the Shaman, and the Historian -- 5. The Lingering Prehistory of Laurasia and Gondwana -- III. A Comparatist's Laboratory: The Ancient Scythians -- 6. Reflections on the Herodotean Mirror: Scythians, Greeks, Oaths, and Fire -- 7. Greeks and Scythians in Conversation -- 8. Scythian Priests and Siberian Shamans -- IV. Weak Comparisons -- 9. Further on Envy and Greed -- 10. King Aun and the Witches -- 11. Contrasting Styles of Apocalyptic Time -- 12. Sly Grooms, Shady Magpies, and the Mythic Foundations of Hierarchy -- 13. In Hierarchy's Wake -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 022656410X |