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An English translation of Bachofen's Mutterrecht (Mother right) (1861) [electronic resource] : a study of the religious and juridical aspects of gynecocracy in the ancient world / Johann Jakob Bachofen ; abridged and translated by David Partenheimer.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: German Publication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773411401
  • 0773411402
Other title:
  • Mother right
Uniform titles:
  • Mutterrecht. English. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: An English Translation of Bachoffen's Mutterrecht (Mother Right) (1861) : A Study of the Religious and Juridical Aspects of Gynecocracy in the Ancient World.DDC classification:
  • 306.859 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ505
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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.
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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.

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.

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