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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Translator's Introduction; Preface and Introduction; Lycia; Crete; Athens; Lemnos; Egypt; India and Central Asia; Orchomenus and the Minyans; Elis; Epizephyrian Locrians; Lesbos; Mantinea; Pythagoreanism and Subsequent Doctrines; Cantabri; Lithographs; Works Cited; References; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Matriarchy -- History -- To 1500.
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Matriarchy. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Partenheimer, David, 1949-
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Mutterrecht. Selections. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003104423
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Mother right |
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Print version: Partenheimer, David. An English Translation of Bachoffen's Mutterrecht (Mother Right) (1861) : A Study of the Religious and Juridical Aspects of Gynecocracy in the Ancient World. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2007 9780773451865 |
| ISBN |
9780773411401 (electronic book) |
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0773411402 (electronic book) |
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0773458832 |
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9780773458833 |
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0773462988 |
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9780773462984 |
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