Isbn: 9780801407604 - symbols-public & private cb (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Later printing. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

1973. Anthropological Theory. Symbol, Myth and Ritual Series/Cornell University Press. 469p., very good cloth and good but edge worn dust jacket.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in a Near Fine jacket. 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. unread copy, brick red with crisp silver stamping on spine, over a half-century old but looking not a day over twenty. symbolism of hair, dreams, flags, God, kinship, language, myth, mysticism, ritual, power.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very Good Condition with some speckling and evidence of handling on Page Edges only, otherwise clean, clear text in a tightly bound book. 2nd Printing of First Softcover Edition 1973. This book first published in 1971 offers a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour. The study of symbolism is popular nowadays and anthropologists have made substantial contributions to it. Raymond Firth has long been internationally known for his field research in the Solomons and Malaysia, and for his theoretical work on kinship, economics and religion. Here from a new angle, he has produced a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour. Professor Firth examines definitions of symbol. He traces the history of scientific inquiry into the symbolism of religious cults, mythology and dreams back into the eighteenth century. He compares some modern approaches to symbolism in art, literature and philosophy with those in social anthropology. He then cites examples in anthropological treatment of symbolic material from cultures of varying sophistication. Finally he offers dispassionate analyses of symbols used in contemporary Western situations - from hair-styles to the use and abuse of national flags; from cults of Black Jesus to the Eucharistic rite. In all this Professor Firth combines social and political topicality with a scholarly and provocative theoretical inquiry.…