He named this phase mother right, today we use the term matriarchy or matriarchate. He postulated an archaic mother right within the context of a. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The mud plashed under their feet as if in mocking commiseration. Bachofen is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or mother right, but that concept is only a small part of his contribution to our understanding of cultural history.
Nov 25, 2019 johann jakob bachofen was a swiss jurist, student of grecoroman antiquity, and anthropologist. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A popular definition, according to james peoples and garrick bailey, is female dominance. Notes on johann jakob bachofens mother right and its consequences. An investigation of the religious and juridical character of matriarchy in the ancient world, in 1861. Myth, religion and mother right the very first scientist, who most profoundly proved that there had existed an age when women dominated, was johann jakob bachofen. An english translation of bachofen s mutterrecht mother right 1861. Johann jakob bachofen december 22, november 25, was johann jakob bachofens seminal work mother right presented a. Johann jakob bachofen december 22, november 25, was johann jakob bachofens seminal work mother right. A study of the religious and juridical aspects of gynecocracy in the ancient world illustrated edition by johann jakob bachofen author visit amazons johann jakob bachofen page. Notes on johann jakob bachofen s mother right and its consequences. A study of the religious and juridical aspects of gynecocracy in the ancient world. The controversy surrounding prehistoric or primal matriarchy began in reaction to the book by bachofen, mother right.
Shoshoni tipis in the 19th century bachofen finds evidence in support of these propositions in countless passages of ancient classical literature, which. He postulated an archaic motherright within the context of a primeval matriarchal religion or urreligion. Selected writings of johann jakob bachofen bollingen series general new ed by bachofen, johann jakob, manheim, ralph isbn. English translation of bachofens mutterrecht mother right 1861. This is an important book on the meaning of goddesses and the feminine in greece, rome, and the ancient world.
A fuller edited english edition in several volumes is being published. Myth, religion, and mother right princeton university press. A critic of his time called his research higher rubbish. Jan 14, 2018 bachofen assembled documentation demonstrating that motherhood is the source of human society, religion, morality, and decorum. Johann jakob bachofen 18151887 was a swiss antiquarian, jurist and anthropologist, and professor for roman law at the university of basel.
Like don quixote fighting windmills he struggled his whole life against the contemporary attitude that his theory of the mother right was nonsense. And one wishes that the rather strik ingly sexual character of bachofens historical dialectic had been further explored in terms of his own personal psychodynamics. Myth, religion and mother right, which came out in 1861. Myth, religion, and mother right by johann jakob bachofen, 9780691017976. A study of the religious and juridical aspects of gynecocracy in the ancient world by johann jakob bachofen, david partenheimer translator. This book includes an autobiographical essay and selections from an essay on ancient mortuary symbolism, mother right, and the myth of tanaquil. Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. The thought of johann jakob bachofen and its relationship to the perception of cultural decadence in the nineteenth.
Born of a young and beautiful mother, bachofen waited. Johann jakob bachofen december 22, november 25, was johann jakob bachofen s seminal work mother right presented a. Justin stagl 1989 philosophy of the social sciences 19 2. A study of the religious and juridical aspects of gynecocracy in the ancient world by. Mutterrecht mother right by johann jakob bachofen was the seminal document of the 19th century concerning the role of women in ancient societies. A selection of bachofens writings was translated as myth, religion and mother right 1967. Johann jakob bachofen was the first one who fought for the acceptance of the matriarchy as historical fact. Johann jakob bachofen, david partenheimer translator 3.
This revolutionary view originated in a study of the family by the german historian bachofen in his book entitled mother right in 1861, which engels described as a complete revolution. A study of the religious and juridical aspects of gynecocracy in the ancient. According to the oxford english dictionary oed, matriarchy is a form of social organization in which the mother or oldest female is the head of the family, and descent and relationship are reckoned through the female line. Italy, country of southcentral europe, occupying a peninsula that juts deep into the mediterranean sea. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He remained working as a judge for the next 20 years, but completely withdrew from public.
Johann jakob bachofen 22 december 1815 25 november 1887 was a swiss antiquarian. Before bachofen, durkheim claims that no one had dreamed that there could be a family organization of which the paternal authority was not the keystone. He remained working as a judge for the next 20 years, but completely withdrew from public life. An english translation of bachofens mutterrecht mother right 1861. Several generations of ethnologists were inspired by his pseudoevolutionary theory of archaic matriarchy. Translations or editions published later may be ed. For more than a century, the discussion on mother right and matriarchy continued. Johann jakob bachofen wikisource, the free online library. May, 2019 bachofen assembled documentation demonstrating that motherhood is mutterrecth source of human society, religion, morality, and decorum. You should read his wellfounded theories in his book. Bachofen is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or mother right, but that concept is only a small part of his contribution to. Switzerland, austria, germany, going back as far as the famous work of j. Greece, the southernmost of the countries of the balkan peninsula.
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