Roman Reflections : The History of Religions Revisited by the School of Rome.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Constantin, Vinciane.

Series:

Numen Book Series

Numen Book Series ; v.184

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pettazzoni, Raffaele, 1883-1959.

Religion--History.

Religion.

Ritual.

Local Subjects:

Pettazzoni, Raffaele, 1883-1959.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

The open access publication of this book was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.The 'Roman School' of History of Religions developed a historicist approach grounded in historical and social contextualization, differential comparison and critical reflection over its own concepts.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Contemporary Issues in and the Legacy of the Roman School of History of Religions

Part 1 Debates, Methodological Trajectories and Objects of Study

Chapter 1 Against History, in Favour of History: New Horizons and the Anti-Phenomenological Controversy after Pettazzoni's Death

Chapter 2 Reconsidering the Role of "Primitive" Religions: Raffaele Pettazzoni and the Italian History of Religions

Part 2 Differential Comparison

Chapter 3 What Comparison in the "Globalization Era"?

Chapter 4 The Comparative Approach in the Anthropological Theory of Mediation

Chapter 5 Civilizations and Religions: Genealogy and Heritage of the History of Religions between Modern History and Mission History (Europe, America, and Asia)

Chapter 6 Night Travelers: the Dream Masters (Poraja, India) as a Vernacular Historical Formation

Part 3 Functional Dissociation between Myth and Rite

Chapter 7 Exploring Vedic Ritual Mythologies: Reconstructing a Dialogue on Ritual and Myth across Rome, Paris, India, and the United States

Chapter 8 Buddhism Reconsidered from the Historico-religious Perspective

Part 4 The Praxis of Ritual and Its Efficacy

Chapter 9 The Powers of Ritual: Ernesto de Martino's Encounter with Pragmatism

Chapter 10 Can the History of Religions Benefit from the Study of Hypnotic States and Research on Psychedelics?

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789004761070

OCLC:

1611783779