An English translation of Bachofen's Mutterrecht (Mother right) (1861) a study of the religious and juridical aspects of gynecocracy in the ancient world /
Mutterrecht (Mother Right) by Johann Jakob Bachofen was the seminal document of the 19th century concerning the role of women in ancient societies. Bachofen documented that motherhood is the source of human society, religion, morality, and decency in societies including Lycia, Crete, Greece, Egypt,...
| Основен автор: | Bachofen, Johann Jakob, 1815-1887. |
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| Други автори: | Partenheimer, David, 1949- |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English German |
| Публикувано: |
Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen Press,
2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=462502 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
An English Translation of Bachoffen's Mutterrecht (Mother Right) (1861) : A Study of the Religious and Juridical Aspects of Gynecocracy in the Ancient World. |
| Резюме: |
Mutterrecht (Mother Right) by Johann Jakob Bachofen was the seminal document of the 19th century concerning the role of women in ancient societies. Bachofen documented that motherhood is the source of human society, religion, morality, and decency in societies including Lycia, Crete, Greece, Egypt, India, Central Asia, Northern Africa, and Spain. He concluded the work by connecting ancient mother right with Christianity. Bachofen's theory of cultural evolution incited a virtual 'mother-mania' among ethnologists, social philosophers, and even writers, among them Lewis Henry Morgan, Friedrich En. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource. |
| ISBN: |
9780773411401 0773411402 |