Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West: Essays on Magic, Religion and ScienceCambridge University Press, 13 jul 1997 - 484 pagina's Robin Horton's critical and creative writings on African religious thought have influenced anthropologists, philosophers, and all those interested in the comparative study of religion and thought. This selection of some of his classic papers, with a new introduction and postscript by the author, traces Horton's theoretical ideas over thirty years. In attempting to understand African religious thought, he also tackles broader issues in the history and sociology of thought, such as secularisation and modernisation. Part I is a critical assessment of two established interpretive approaches, the Symbolist and the Theological. Part II proposes an alternative 'Intellectualist' approach that emphasises the structural and processual similarities between religious and scientific thinking. The postscript appraises the Intellectualist approach in the light of theorising about religion and world views. |
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Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 1 |
A definition of religion and its uses | 19 |
NeoTylorianism sound sense or sinister prejudice? | 53 |
LevyBruhl Durkheim and the Scientific Revolution | 63 |
Back to Frazer? | 105 |
Professor Winch on safari | 138 |
JudaeoChristian spectacles boon or bane to the study of African religions? | 161 |
African traditional thought and Western science | 197 |
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