Dumont on Religion: Difference, Comparison, Transgression (Key Thinkers in the Study of Religion)

by IvanStrenski (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $41.65

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $140.16

  Identifies kernel ideas of interest for the study of religion. This book acknowledges Dumont's contribution to kinship studies and focuses on subjects of interest to students and scholars of religion: concepts such as sacred and profane, pure and impure, transcendence, values, ideology, hierarchy, and cross cultural comparison.