Franz Boas' Postulate of the Warfare Origin of Secret Societies and Myths about the "Culture Hero" and the "Trickster" in North America
Апстракт
In this paper, the authors argue that Franz Boas had a coherent theory of the secret society, which he did not systematically develop anywhere, but which can be reconstructed from several of his works. The authors are not dealing with the whole theory, but only with the postulate of the warfare origin of secret societies (which later became the foundation of the Mannerbund theory). Namely, Boas believed that the secret societies of the North American Indians were originally warlike, but that by the beginning of the 20th century they either retained only the functions of initiation and education, or were transformed into therapeutic and dance societies. Although he claimed that the mythology of the Indians did not provide additional insights into the origins of secret societies, his dealings with the myth of the "culture hero" and the "trickster" proved the contrary. The authors try to go a step further and find new contributions for the study of the origins of secret societies in North... America in the myth of Wolf as the brother (father) of the "culture hero."
Кључне речи:
war / secret society / North American Indians / myth / Franz BoasИзвор:
Etnoantropološki problemi, 2021, 16, 1, 19-48Издавач:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd
Институција/група
Sociologija / SociologyTY - JOUR AU - Jeremić-Molnar, Dragana AU - Molnar, Aleksandar PY - 2021 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3351 AB - In this paper, the authors argue that Franz Boas had a coherent theory of the secret society, which he did not systematically develop anywhere, but which can be reconstructed from several of his works. The authors are not dealing with the whole theory, but only with the postulate of the warfare origin of secret societies (which later became the foundation of the Mannerbund theory). Namely, Boas believed that the secret societies of the North American Indians were originally warlike, but that by the beginning of the 20th century they either retained only the functions of initiation and education, or were transformed into therapeutic and dance societies. Although he claimed that the mythology of the Indians did not provide additional insights into the origins of secret societies, his dealings with the myth of the "culture hero" and the "trickster" proved the contrary. The authors try to go a step further and find new contributions for the study of the origins of secret societies in North America in the myth of Wolf as the brother (father) of the "culture hero." PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd T2 - Etnoantropološki problemi T1 - Franz Boas' Postulate of the Warfare Origin of Secret Societies and Myths about the "Culture Hero" and the "Trickster" in North America EP - 48 IS - 1 SP - 19 VL - 16 DO - 10.21301/eap.v16i1.1 ER -
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Jeremić-Molnar, D.,& Molnar, A.. (2021). Franz Boas' Postulate of the Warfare Origin of Secret Societies and Myths about the "Culture Hero" and the "Trickster" in North America. in Etnoantropološki problemi Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd., 16(1), 19-48. https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v16i1.1
Jeremić-Molnar D, Molnar A. Franz Boas' Postulate of the Warfare Origin of Secret Societies and Myths about the "Culture Hero" and the "Trickster" in North America. in Etnoantropološki problemi. 2021;16(1):19-48. doi:10.21301/eap.v16i1.1 .
Jeremić-Molnar, Dragana, Molnar, Aleksandar, "Franz Boas' Postulate of the Warfare Origin of Secret Societies and Myths about the "Culture Hero" and the "Trickster" in North America" in Etnoantropološki problemi, 16, no. 1 (2021):19-48, https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v16i1.1 . .