Hocart, Arthur Maurice (1883-1939)
Carlton University
Arthur Maurice Hocart (1883-1939) is one of the most original ethnographers, anthropologists and theorists in the British school. Having made extensive trips to several Pacific islands in the 1910s, he is the author of a sizeable bibliography, of which Kings and Councillors (1936) is the best-known monograph. Brewing an important ethnographic literature, his work is at the crossroads of studies on psychology, emotions, ritual and modes of government, lending them universal scope. A “cursed” contemporary of Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown, he practically fell into oblivion until the rediscovery of his work in the 1960s by, among others, Rodney Needham.
Keywords: Archaeology | Social and cultural anthropology | Psychology | United Kingdom | Polynesia | Melanesia | Cultural history | Evolution of the State | Sacred kingship | Rituals
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“The Psychological Anthropology of A.M. Hocart”
Charles D. Laughlin, 2018
«When the anthropology of anthropologists comes to be written, future generations will have to explain why the first quarter of the twentieth century was so fascinated by fear, why that emotion was made to account for everything, for weddings, funerals, for religion itself. They will doubtless (…)
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« Le maître ethnographe : vie et œuvre d’Arthur Maurice “ A.M. ” Hocart »
Charles D. Laughlin, 2018
Arthur Maurice Hocart (1883-1939) est un anthropologue britannique contemporain d’Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881-1955) et de Bronislaw Malinowski (1884–1942) . Il est aussi l’un des ethnographes les plus expérimentés et les plus méticuleux de l’histoire de l’anthropologie. Il a passé la plus (…)
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“The Master Ethnographer: Life and Work of Arthur Maurice ‘A. M.’ Hocart”
Charles D. Laughlin, 2018
Arthur Maurice Hocart (1883-1939) was a British sociocultural anthropologist living and working in the same era as A.R. Radcliffe-Brown (1881-1955) and Bronislaw Malinowski (1884–1942). He was one of the most experienced and painstaking ethnographers in the history of anthropology, having spent (…)
Secondary sources
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“A.M. Hocart on Caste – Religion and Power”
Louis Dumont, 1968
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« In quest of life : Hocart’s scheme of evolution from ritual organization to government »
Burkhard Schnepel, 1988
Primary sources
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"Au commencement était le rite. De l’origine des sociétés humaines (Social Origins)"
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 2005
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“A Tongan Cure and Fijian Etiquette”
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 1910
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“The Psychological Interpretation of Language”
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 1912
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“Chieftainship and the Sister’s Son in the Pacific”
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 1915
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“The Common Sense of Myth”
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 1916
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“A Point of Grammar and a Study in Method”
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 1918
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“Polynesian Tombs”
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 1918
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“Early Fijians”
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 1919
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Kingship
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 1941
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The Life-Giving Myth, and Other Essays
Arthur Maurice Hocart, 1953
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