Primitive Religion : Its nature and origin / Paul Radin.

By:

Radin Paul

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi. Cosmo Publications; 2010.Edition: 1st ed. 2010Description: 346 p . ; Hardbound 14x22cmISBN:

81-307-0701-2

DDC classification:

23 291 RAD

Contents:

Part I : Synthetic sketches Part II: Critique of theories Part III: Historical and psychological aspects.

Summary: The book is an important contribution to the history of religion and one of the foundational works in the early development of the sociology of religion. The approach to primitive religions is a rather fresh one, in its close tie-up with social and economic aspects of primitive life, itself a secondary force, opposed to progress, tyrannical and dangerous. The author has shown the nature of such religion, the temperament instrumental in building it up, the type instrumental in building in its disruption.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Tetso College Library Religion	Non-fiction	291 RAD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		7726

Part I : Synthetic sketches
Part II: Critique of theories
Part III: Historical and psychological aspects.

The book is an important contribution to the history of religion and one of the foundational works in the early development of the sociology of religion. The approach to primitive religions is a rather fresh one, in its close tie-up with social and economic aspects of primitive life, itself a secondary force, opposed to progress, tyrannical and dangerous. The author has shown the nature of such religion, the temperament instrumental in building it up, the type instrumental in building in its disruption.

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