The secret of the totem : religion and society from McLennan to Freud /
Jones, Robert Alun.
The secret of the totem : religion and society from McLennan to Freud / Robert Alun Jones. - New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (347 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Totemism as animal worship -- Totemism as sacrament -- Totemism as utility -- Totemism as self-transcendence -- Totemism as neurosis. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Robert Alun Jones examines the contentious development of the concept of totemism during the Victorian era. Totemism, whose features include the veneration of an animal or plant, the prohibition of incest, and matrilineal descent, captured the imagination of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, Sir James Frazer, and other Victorian thinkers. Jones's work combines innovative readings of individual scholars' works with a rich portrait of Victorian intellectual life. Jones considers the divergent ways thinkers drew on totemism to explore religious, cultural, and sexual norms for a civil society. He also examines the reasons behind totemism's eventual demise within intellectual circles.
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22573/cttgq5pr JSTOR 159F11CD-FDFE-4441-B8E5-5515F27B5692 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Totemism.
Totémisme.
totemism.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
Totemism
Electronic books.
GN489 / .J65 2005eb
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The secret of the totem : religion and society from McLennan to Freud / Robert Alun Jones. - New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (347 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Totemism as animal worship -- Totemism as sacrament -- Totemism as utility -- Totemism as self-transcendence -- Totemism as neurosis. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Robert Alun Jones examines the contentious development of the concept of totemism during the Victorian era. Totemism, whose features include the veneration of an animal or plant, the prohibition of incest, and matrilineal descent, captured the imagination of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, Sir James Frazer, and other Victorian thinkers. Jones's work combines innovative readings of individual scholars' works with a rich portrait of Victorian intellectual life. Jones considers the divergent ways thinkers drew on totemism to explore religious, cultural, and sexual norms for a civil society. He also examines the reasons behind totemism's eventual demise within intellectual circles.
0231508778 9780231508773
10.7312/jone13438 doi
EB00639394 Recorded Books
22573/cttgq5pr JSTOR 159F11CD-FDFE-4441-B8E5-5515F27B5692 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Totemism.
Totémisme.
totemism.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
Totemism
Electronic books.
GN489 / .J65 2005eb
201/.4