Decayed Gods: Origin and Development of Georges Dumézil's Idéologie Tripartie. - Tapa dura

Belier, Wouter W.

 
9789004094871: Decayed Gods: Origin and Development of Georges Dumézil's Idéologie Tripartie.
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ISBN 10: 9004094873 ISBN 13: 9789004094871
Editorial: Brill Verlag, 1991

Sinopsis

This study offers a detailed analysis of Dumézil's model of the Indo-European 'idéologie tripartie'. Such an analysis is a first prerequisite to any evaluation of his work, given its size. The author concludes that the constant reformulation of the model and the reinterpretation of the facts have weakened the credibility of his model too much.

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Críticas

'...an essential reference book for the study of Dumezil's theory of Indo-European ideology...Belier's methodological points and summaries will form a good base for further study.' Emily Lyle, Shadow, 1992. '...a very valuable piece of work, not least as a new reference volume to Dumezil's thought.' Ken Dowden, The Classical Review, 1993. '...un repertoire commode pour retrouver toutes les anslyses dumeziliennes et leur affinage constant...' Claude Sterckx, L'Antiquite Classique, 1993. '...gives a good introduction to Dumezil's work and it should be studied carefully by anyone interested in Dumezil's tripartite theory.' J.G. Oosten, Numen, 1992. 'Wouter Belier is to be commended for having given us a remarkable digest of the thought of Georges Dumezil.' Bernhard Erling Journal of the American Academy of Religion.

Reseña del editor

In 1930 Dumezil wrote an article in which he defended the Indo-European character of the Indian varnas. In 1986 he was completing his final 25 Esquisses, research proposals the aim of which was to allow his model of the 'ideologie tripartie' of Indo-European traditions to be applied to his 'disciples'. According to this model Indo-European traditions were typified by a threefold division into functions of society, the world of the gods, and the heroic traditions. These were the functions of sovereignty, power and 'fertility'. This theoretical model was elaborated by Dumezil in a large number of books and articles. Between 1930 and 1986 he broadened enormously the amount of data on which his model was based. To do so he had regularly to adapt and reformulate his model. This was not without consequences for the material which he had interpreted earlier on. In this study a detailed description is given of this process of reformulation and reinterpretation and the conclusion is that the totality of the various models does not, despite its aesthetic attraction, satisfy the criteria which should be set for scientific models.

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Editorial
Brill Verlag
Año de publicación
1991
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
9004094873
ISBN 13 
9789004094871
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Número de páginas
254
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