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Coltman Derek - Mitra Varuna An Essay On Two Indo European Representations Of Sovereignty - Paperback
Coltman Derek - Mitra Varuna An Essay On Two Indo European Representations Of Sovereignty - Paperback
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Description: A classic text that develops one prong of Dumezil's tripartite hypothesis of Indo - European tribes: the sacred sovereign. Georges Dumezil's fascination with the myths and histories of India Rome Scandinavia and the Celts yielded an idea that became his most influential scholarly legacy: the tripartite hypothesis which divides Indo - European societal functions into three classes: the sacred sovereign the warrior and the producer. Mitra - Varuna originally published in 1940, concentrates on the first function that of sovereignty. Dumezil identifies two types of rulers the first judicial and worldly the second divine and supernatural. These figures both priestly are oppositional but complementary. The title nods to these roles referring to the gods Mitra a rational mediator and Varuna an awesome religious figure. Stuart Elden's critical edition based on the 1988 English translation by Derek Coltman identifies variations between the first and second French editions and completes - and in places corrects - Dumezil's references. The editor's detailed introduction situates Mitra - Varuna within Dumezil's career outlines how his treatment of its themes developed over time and relates the book to the political controversy around his ideas. Two new appendices contain passages that did not appear in the second French edition.
Title: Mitra Varuna An Essay On Two Indo European Representations Of Sovereignty
Author(s): Coltman Derek
Publisher: Hau Society Of Ethnographic Theory
Barcode: 9781912808977
Pages: 164 Pages
Publication Date: 12/25/2024
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
Description: A classic text that develops one prong of Dumezil's tripartite hypothesis of Indo - European tribes: the sacred sovereign. Georges Dumezil's fascination with the myths and histories of India Rome Scandinavia and the Celts yielded an idea that became his most influential scholarly legacy: the tripartite hypothesis which divides Indo - European societal functions into three classes: the sacred sovereign the warrior and the producer. Mitra - Varuna originally published in 1940, concentrates on the first function that of sovereignty. Dumezil identifies two types of rulers the first judicial and worldly the second divine and supernatural. These figures both priestly are oppositional but complementary. The title nods to these roles referring to the gods Mitra a rational mediator and Varuna an awesome religious figure. Stuart Elden's critical edition based on the 1988 English translation by Derek Coltman identifies variations between the first and second French editions and completes - and in places corrects - Dumezil's references. The editor's detailed introduction situates Mitra - Varuna within Dumezil's career outlines how his treatment of its themes developed over time and relates the book to the political controversy around his ideas. Two new appendices contain passages that did not appear in the second French edition.
Title: Mitra Varuna An Essay On Two Indo European Representations Of Sovereignty
Author(s): Coltman Derek
Publisher: Hau Society Of Ethnographic Theory
Barcode: 9781912808977
Pages: 164 Pages
Publication Date: 12/25/2024
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
