Dumont on religion
Subtitle: difference, comparison, transgression
By: Ivan Strenski.
Series: Key thinkers in the study of religion
Publisher: Equinox Pub. Ltd.; Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781845532734; 9781845532741
Subjects: Dumont, Louis, -- 1911-1998; Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What can we learn from Louis Dumont?; title: A contrarian's most contrarian notion : Dumont on hierarchy; title: Our individualism and its religious origins; title: The comparative risks of comparison : on not remaining caged within our own frame of reference; title: Conclusion: Dumont's morality and social cosmology.