William Robertson Smith
Aleksandar Bošković, "William Robertson Smith "
English | ISBN: 1800731582 | 2021 | 120 pages | PDF | 1015 KB
English | ISBN: 1800731582 | 2021 | 120 pages | PDF | 1015 KB
The life and career of one of anthropology’s most important ancestors, William Robertson Smith in the context of the history of anthropology.
William Robertson Smith’s influence on anthropology ranged from his relationship with John Ferguson McLennan, to advising James George Frazer to write about “Totem” and “Taboo” for the Encyclopaedia Britannica that he edited. This biography places a special emphasis on the notes and observations from his travels to Arabia, as well as on his influence on the representatives of the “Myth and Ritual School.”
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