Myth, Religion, and Mother Right Selected Writings of Johann Jakob Bachofen

Name: Myth, Religion, and Mother Right Selected Writings of Johann Jakob Bachofen
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ISBN: 9780691017976

ISBN-10: 0691017972

ISBN-13: 9780691017976

Edition: 1967

Authors: Johann Jakob Bachofen, Ralph Manheim

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The Swiss thinker J. J. Bachofen is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or "mother right," but that concept is only a small part of his contribution to our understanding of cultural history. This book includes an autobiographical essay and selections fromAn Essay on Ancient Mortuary Symbolism, Mother Right,andThe Myth of Tanaquil.

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 1967
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/15/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.46" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Editorial Note


List of Plates


Preface



Introduction



My Life in Retrospect


From An Essay on Ancient Mortuary Symbolism


Foreword


The Three Mystery Eggs


The Eggs at the Circus


Sanctum and Sacrum


The Lamp in the Myth of Amor and Psyche


Symbol and Myth


Ocnus the Rope Plaiter


From Mother Right


Introduction


Lycia


Athens


Lemnos


Egypt


India


Lesbos


From The Myth of Tanaquil


Introduction


Notes


Bibliography


Sources


J. J. Bachofen: Selected Bibliography


List of Works Cited


Indexes


General Index


Glossarial Index