W.H.R. Rivers – författare

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings:* Prehistory and Historical EthnographySet of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00* Greek CivilizationSet of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00* Roman CivilizationSet of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00* Eastern CivilizationsSet of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00* Judaeo-Christian CivilizationSet of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00* European CivilizationSet of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00

One of the most fascinating men of his generation, W.H.R. Rivers was a British doctor and psychiatrist as well as a leading ethnologist. Immortalized as the hero of Pat Barker's award-winning Regeneration trilogy, Rivers was the clinician who, in the First World War, cared for the poet Siegfried Sassoon and other infantry officers injured on the western front. His researches into the borders of psychiatry, medicine and religion made him a prominent member of the British intelligentsia of the time, a friend of H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell. Part of his appeal lay in an extraordinary intellect, mixed with a very real interest in his fellow man. Medicine, Magic and Religion is a prime example of this. A social institution, it is one of Rivers' finest works. In it, Rivers introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings:* Prehistory and Historical EthnographySet of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00* Greek CivilizationSet of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00* Roman CivilizationSet of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00* Eastern CivilizationsSet of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00* Judaeo-Christian CivilizationSet of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00* European CivilizationSet of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00