By James R. Dow,Olaf Bockhorn

ISBN-10: 0754617475

ISBN-13: 9780754617471

ISBN-10: 1138258202

ISBN-13: 9781138258204

The learn of ethnology or ’Volkskunde’ in Austria has had a prior. via many of the twentieth century it used to be lower than the impression of the so-called Viennese ’Mythological institution’ and the talk among the 2 opposing branches, the ’Ritualist’ and the ’Mythologists', set a lot of the time table from the Twenties till lengthy after the area struggle led to 1945. the quantity examines Austrian characters, Richard Wolfram and Karl Haiding, and the effect in their examine and units them within the context of Austrian ethnology earlier than, in the course of and after the conflict years. The e-book concludes via analyzing the current day ethnological outlook within the country.

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