Dumont on religion difference, comparison, transgression /

Main Author: Strenski, Ivan.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2008.
Series:Key thinkers in the study of religion
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10386891
Table of Contents:
  • What can we learn from Louis Dumont?
  • A contrarian's most contrarian notion : Dumont on hierarchy
  • Our individualism and its religious origins
  • The comparative risks of comparison : on not "remaining caged within our own frame of reference"
  • Conclusion : Dumont's morality and social cosmology.