1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792466003321

Autore

Lang Andrew <1844-1912, >

Titolo

The selected writings of Andrew Lang . Volume 1. : anthropology, fairy tale, folklore, the origins of religion, psychical research / / Andrew Lang ; editors, Andrew Teverson and Alexandra Warwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4744-0449-9

1-4744-0022-1

9781474404495

9781474400213

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

823.8

Soggetti

Mythology

Manners and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Oct 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- General Introduction -- Introduction to Volume 1 -- Chronology of the life and major works of Andrew Lang -- A Note on the Text -- Acknowledgements -- 1 THE METHOD OF FOLKLORE -- 2 ANTHROPOLOGY AND FOLKLORE -- 3 FAIRY TALES -- 4 ANTHROPOLOGY, AND THE ORIGINS OF RELIGION -- 5 ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHICAL RESEARCH -- 6 PSYCHICAL RESEARCH -- APPENDIX I: NAMES FREQUENTLY CITED BY LANG -- APPENDIX II: ETHINIC GROUPS CITED BY LANG -- EXPLANATORY NOTES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first critical edition of the works of Andrew Lang (1844-1912), the Scottish writer whose enormous output spanned the whole range of late-nineteenth century intellectual culture. Neglected since his death, partly because of the diversity of his interests and the volume of his writing, his cultural centrality and the interdisciplinary nature of his work make him a vital figure for contemporary scholars.This volume covers Lang's wide and influential engagement with the central areas of late nineteenth-century anthropology. Lang made decisive interventions in debates around the meaning of folk tales and



the origins of religion, as well as being an important figure in the investigation of spiritualist claims through psychical research. The work reproduced here includes journalism, essays, extracts from books and previously unpublished letters which together articulate and challenge some of the central ideas and discussions of the period, including evolution, the relation between modern and non-modern cultures, the nature of scientific claims to truth, and the consequences of materialism. The volume will provide new and illuminating ways of understanding and assessing the period for scholars across a range of disciplines, including those interested in the histories of the fairy story, of science, of the occult, of colonialism and of anthropology.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483220803321

Autore

Pfaller Larissa

Titolo

Anti-Aging als Form der Lebensführung / / von Larissa Pfaller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2016

ISBN

3-658-13257-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Cultural studies

Sociology

Social groups

Families

Cultural Studies

Knowledge - Discourse

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Das paradoxe Phänomen des Kampfes gegen das Alter(n) -- Alterserscheinungen bekämpfen und vorbeugen -- Körperliche Inszenierung von Disziplin und Selbstsorge -- Kritische Gerontologie -- Boom, Kritik und Krise der modernen Biomedizin. .



Sommario/riassunto

Larissa Pfaller geht der Frage nach, warum moderne Anti-Aging-Maßnahmen trotz fehlender medizinischer Evidenz eine stabile Anwender- und Anhängerschaft finden. Dabei führt sie die Anziehungskraft und Attraktivität des Anti-Agings auf eine symbolische Wirkmacht zurück, die weit über eine rein medizinische Wirksamkeit hinausweist. Die Autorin rekonstruiert, welchen Stellenwert Anti-Aging-Praktiken in der Biographie der AnwenderInnen einnehmen, wie diese sinnhaft in den gelebten Alltag integriert werden und diesen mitstrukturieren, welche Werte damit verknüpft sind und wie sich dies im Leben der AnwenderInnen schließlich zu einer stimmigen Form der Lebensführung zusammenfügt. Der Inhalt Das paradoxe Phänomen des Kampfes gegen das Alter(n) Alterserscheinungen bekämpfen und vorbeugen Körperliche Inszenierung von Disziplin und Selbstsorge Kritische Gerontologie Boom, Kritik und Krise der modernen Biomedizin Die Zielgruppen Dozierende und Studierende der Soziologie, der Kulturwissenschaften Praktiker aus diesen Bereichen Die AutorIn Larissa Pfaller ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Soziologie der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.