Saints, heroes, myths, and rites
Subtitle: classical Durkheimian studies of religion and society
By: Marcel Mauss, Henri Hubert, Robert Hertz ; edited and translated by Alexander Riley, Sarah Daynes, Cyril Isnart.
Contributors: Riley, Alexander.; Daynes, Sarah.; Isnart, Cyril, 1977-; Hubert, Henri, 1872-1927.; Hertz, Robert, 1881-1915.
Series: The Yale Cultural sociology series
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594517747
Subjects: Durkheim, Emile, -- 1858-1917 -- Influence; Culture; Religion; Symbolism; Durkheimian school of sociology -- France
Work titles: Essays.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Editors' introduction / Alexander Riley, Sarah Daynes, and Cyril Isnart; title: Myths / Marcel Mauss and Henri Hubert; title: Art and myth according to Wilhelm Wundt / Marcel Mauss; title: Preface to Saint Patrick and the cult of the hero / Henri Hubert; title: The preeminence of the right hand : a study of religious polarity / Robert Hertz; title: A contribution to a study of the collective representation of death / Robert Hertz; title: Saint Besse : study of an Alpine cult / Robert Hertz.