Publication date 1894 topics mythology, religion, primitive, magic, superstition publisher new york london, macmillan and co. It attempts to define the shared elements of pdf book. Aimed at a broad literate audience raised on tales as told in bulfinchs the age of fable, frazer s book joined the modernists in discussing religion dispassionately. Sir james george frazer the golden bough sir james george frazer the golden bough attempts to define the shared elements of religious belief. It offered a modernist approach, discussing religion dispassionately as a cultural phenomenon, rather than from a. The golden bough describes our ancestors primitive methods of worship, sex practices, strange rituals and festivals. Frazer posited that human belief progressed through. A study in magic and religion is a wideranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the scottish anthropologist sir james george frazer.
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