Arthur Maurice Hocart
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Arthur Maurice Hocart (26 April 1883, Etterbeek – 9 March 1939, Cairo) was an anthropologist best known for his eccentric and often far-seeing works on Polynesia, Melanesia and Sri Lanka.
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Works
- The cult of the dead in Eddystone of the Solomons. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 52; 71-117, 259-305. (1922)
- "The Origin of Monotheism" Folklore, Vol. 33, No. 3 (30 September 1922), pp. 282–293
- Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon (1924-36) editor with S. Paranavitana
- Kingship (1927)
- The Progress of Man: A Short Survey of His Evolution, His Customs, and His Works (1933)
- Kings and Councillors: An Essay in the Comparative Anatomy of Human Society (1936)
- Caste (1950)
- The Northern states of Fiji (1952)
- Social Origins (1954)
- Le Mythe Sorcier et autres essais (1962)
- The Life-giving Myth and Other Essays (1973)
- Imagination and Proof: Selected Essays of A. M. Hocart (1987) editor Rodney Needham
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