The Mythology in Our Language Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough / Giovanni da Col, Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951, author.

Contributor:

Da Col, Giovanni, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL USA : HAU Books, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In 1931 Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous Remarks on Frazer's “Golden Bough.". At that time, anthropology and philosophy were in close contactâ€"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 Wittgensteinâ€"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, David Graeber, Wendy James, Heonik Kwon, Michael Lambek, Michael Puett, and Carlo Severi.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2017: Front list Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 101682

ISBN:

9780990505068