ethnography of belief

Topic 2 Posts

Needham's review of Paul Veyne's 'Did the Greeks believe in their myths?'

By Dr Jonathan Mair in anthropology on 17 Aug 2015

This post is a continuation of my thoughts in my previous post… Now to Needham’s review of Veyne’s book. The review is short, and much is taken up with flattering comments on Veyne’s style, but overall the conclusion is negative—he characterises the argument as ‘erratic and…

Rodney Needham and Paul Veyne on religious belief

By Dr Jonathan Mair in anthropology on 17 Aug 2015

I recently came across a review by Rodney Needham of Paul Veyne’s Did the Greeks believe in their myths? I was quite intrigued by this as these two authors are representatives of two approaches to the study of religious belief and the anthropology of belief I have been thinking…