Bastide on religion: the invention of candomblé

Introduction: An intellectual biography -- Breaking the glass and striking the rock -- Symbols, memory and anticipation : sociology from Durkheim to Gurvitch -- Civilizations neither meet nor clash, people do -- The three books on Afro-Brazilian religions -- The Paris career : the world of French et...

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Main Author: Despland, Michel 1936-2018 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London New York Routledge 2014
In:Year: 2014
Series/Journal:Key thinkers in the study of religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bastide, Roger 1898-1974 / Religiosity / Religious sociology
Further subjects:B Bastide, Roger 1898-1974
B Bahia (Brazil : State) Religious lif8910 $aLOCNA$cDespland, Michel
B Religion
B Bahia (Brazil : State) Religious life and customs
B Candomblé (Religion)
B Bastide, Roger (1898-1974)
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Summary:Introduction: An intellectual biography -- Breaking the glass and striking the rock -- Symbols, memory and anticipation : sociology from Durkheim to Gurvitch -- Civilizations neither meet nor clash, people do -- The three books on Afro-Brazilian religions -- The Paris career : the world of French ethnologists -- Leaving safe ground : acknowledging the fluidity of human interaction -- Candomblé as paradigm for translocal religion -- O sagrado selvagem as corner stone of a theory of religion -- Study of religion and sociology of knowledge -- The aesthetic dimension, or the Black hen lays white eggs
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-[136] and index
ISBN:1845533658