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An English Translation of Bachoffen's Mutterrecht (Mother Right) (1861) [electronic resource] : A Study of the Religious and Juridical Aspects of Gynecocracy in the Ancient World
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Partenheimer, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Oriental.
- Marriage--History.
- Matriarchy--History--To 1500.
- Local Subjects:
- Civilization, Oriental.
- Marriage--History.
- Matriarchy--History--To 1500.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mutterrecht (Mother Right) by Johann Jakob Bachofen was the seminal document of the 19th century concerning the role of women in ancient societies. Bachofen documented that motherhood is the source of human society, religion, morality, and decency in societies including Lycia, Crete, Greece, Egypt, India, Central Asia, Northern Africa, and Spain. He concluded the work by connecting ancient mother right with Christianity. Bachofen's theory of cultural evolution incited a virtual 'mother-mania' among ethnologists, social philosophers, and even writers, among them Lewis Henry Morgan, Friedrich En
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Translator's Introduction; Preface and Introduction; Lycia; Crete; Athens; Lemnos; Egypt; India and Central Asia; Orchomenus and the Minyans; Elis; Epizephyrian Locrians; Lesbos; Mantinea; Pythagoreanism and Subsequent Doctrines; Cantabri; Lithographs; Works Cited; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1140-2
- OCLC:
- 796384763
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