By James George Frazer
A vintage examine of the ideals and associations of mankind, and the development via magic and faith to clinical notion, The Golden Bough has a different prestige in sleek anthropology and literature.
First released in 1890, The Golden Bough used to be ultimately issued in a twelve-volume variation (1906-15) which used to be abridged in 1922 by means of the writer and his spouse. That abridgement hasn't ever been reconsidered for a contemporary viewers. In it the various extra arguable passages have been dropped, together with Frazer's bold speculations at the Crucifixion of Christ. For the 1st time this one-volume version restores Frazer's bolder theories and units them in the framework of a valuable
introduction and notes.
A seminal paintings of recent anthropology, The Golden Bough additionally prompted many twentieth-century writers, together with D H Lawrence, T S Eliot, and Wyndham Lewis. Its dialogue of magical kinds, the sacrificial killing of kings, the death god, and the scapegoat is given clean pertinence during this re-creation. - ;A vintage examine of the ideals and associations of mankind, and the development via magic and faith to clinical concept, The Golden Bough has a special prestige in sleek anthropology and literature.
First released in 1890, The Golden Bough was once finally issued in a twelve-volume version (1906-15) which was once abridged in 1922 via the writer and his spouse. That abridgement hasn't ever been reconsidered for a latest viewers. In it a few of the extra debatable passages have been dropped, together with Frazer's bold speculations at the Crucifixion of Christ. For the 1st time this one-volume variation restores Frazer's bolder theories and units them in the framework of a valuable
introduction and notes.
A seminal paintings of recent anthropolgy, The Golden Bough additionally prompted many twentieth-century writers, together with D H Lawrence, T S Eliot, and Wyndham Lewis. Its dialogue of magical kinds, the sacrificial killing of kings, the death god, and the scapegoat is given clean pertinence during this re-creation.