Edward Burnett Tylor, religion and culture / edited by Paul-Franc̦ois Tremlett, Liam T. Sutherland and Graham Harvey

Published: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
Physical Description: vi, 219 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Tremlett, Paul-François

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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Contexts and Debates -- 1.The Debate between E. B. Tylor and Andrew Lang over the Theory of Primitive Monotheism: Implications for Contemporary Studies of Indigenous Religions / James L. Cox -- 2.Tylor, `Fetishes' and the Matter of Animism / Graham Harvey -- 3.`Belief in Spiritual Beings': E. B. Tylor's (Primitive) Cognitive Theory of Religion / Jonathan Jong -- 4.From Nineteenth- to Twentieth-Century Theorizing about Myth in Britain and Germany: Tylor versus Blumenberg / Robert A. Segal -- 5.Tylor and Debates about the Definition of `Religion': Then and Now / Liam T. Sutherland -- pt. 2 Tylor beyond the Canon -- 6.Edward Burnett Tylor as Ethnographer / Miguel Astor-Aguilera -- 7.`Necromancy Is a Religion': Tylor's Discussion of Spiritualism in Primitive Culture and in His Diary / Anne Kalvig -- 8.Edward Tylor, Archaeologist? The Archaeological Foundations of `Mr Tylor's Science' / Katy Soar -- 9.Telling Tylorian Tales: Reflections on Language, Myth and Religion / Martin D. Stringer -- 10.Deconstructing the Survival in E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture: From Memes to Dreams and Bricolage / Paul-Francois Tremlett.

Summary

Through revisiting and challenging what we think we know about the work of Edward Burnett Tylor, a founding figure of anthropology, this volume explores new connections and insights that link Tylor and his work to present concerns in new and important ways. At the publication of Primitive Culture in 1871, Tylor was at the centre of anthropological research on religion and culture, but today Tylor's position in the anthropological canon is rarely acknowledged. Edward Burnett Tylor, Religion and Culture does not claim to present a definitive, new Tylor. The old Tylor - the founder of British anthropology; the definer of religion; the intellectualist; the evolutionist; the liberal; the utilitarian; the avatar of white, Protestant rationalism; the Tylor of the canon - remains. Part I explore debates and contexts of Tylor's lifetime, while the chapters in Part II explore a series of new Tylors, including Tylor the ethnographer and Tylor the Spiritualist, re-writing the legacy of the founder of anthropology in the process. Edward Burnett Tylor, Religion and Culture is essential reading for anyone interested in the study of religion and the anthropology of religion.

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9781350003415 hardback
1350003417 hardback

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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