This study sets out to cast light on the most significant theoretical and methodological aspects of the Italian School of History of Religions, a school that owes its particular character to the cultural commitment of Raffaele Pettazzoni, Ernesto de Martino and Angelo Brelich. Since these scholars are not well known internationally, this article alms at providing some keys to their interpretation for the purpose of a wider circulation. The thought of Pettazzoni, de Martino and Brelich has not exhausted its potential and can make a far from negligible contribution to today's discussions on subjects such as the role of the history of religions in contemporary culture, the meaning of the secular approach to the religious phenomenon, and the search for new conceptions of the comparative method. The most pregnant image of the history of religions provided by an analysis of the works of these Italian scholars is that of a discipline committed to tackling the problems of our time. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Massenzio, M. (2005). The Italian school of 'history of religions'. RELIGION, 35(4), 209-222 [10.1016/j.religion.2005.10.007].

The Italian school of 'history of religions'

MASSENZIO, MARCELLO
2005-01-01

Abstract

This study sets out to cast light on the most significant theoretical and methodological aspects of the Italian School of History of Religions, a school that owes its particular character to the cultural commitment of Raffaele Pettazzoni, Ernesto de Martino and Angelo Brelich. Since these scholars are not well known internationally, this article alms at providing some keys to their interpretation for the purpose of a wider circulation. The thought of Pettazzoni, de Martino and Brelich has not exhausted its potential and can make a far from negligible contribution to today's discussions on subjects such as the role of the history of religions in contemporary culture, the meaning of the secular approach to the religious phenomenon, and the search for new conceptions of the comparative method. The most pregnant image of the history of religions provided by an analysis of the works of these Italian scholars is that of a discipline committed to tackling the problems of our time. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
2005
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore M-STO/06 - STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI
Settore M-DEA/01 - DISCIPLINE DEMOETNOANTROPOLOGICHE
English
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Massenzio, M. (2005). The Italian school of 'history of religions'. RELIGION, 35(4), 209-222 [10.1016/j.religion.2005.10.007].
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