The Golden Bough
A Study of Magic and Religion
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature
| Author: | James George Frazer | ISBN: | 9781775410560 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press | Publication: | May 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | James George Frazer |
| ISBN: | 9781775410560 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Publication: | May 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press |
| Language: | English |
Sir James George Frazer's The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a broad comparative study of mythology and religion. Treating religion as a cultural phenomenon rather than discussing it from a theological perspective, the effect of The Golden Bough on both European literature and the emerging discipline of anthropology was substantial. The pioneering anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski said of it: "No sooner had I read this great work than I became immersed in it and enslaved by it. I realized then that anthropology, as presented by Sir James Frazer, is a great science, worthy of as much devotion as any of her elder and more exact studies and I became bound to the service of Frazerian anthropology."
Sir James George Frazer's The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a broad comparative study of mythology and religion. Treating religion as a cultural phenomenon rather than discussing it from a theological perspective, the effect of The Golden Bough on both European literature and the emerging discipline of anthropology was substantial. The pioneering anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski said of it: "No sooner had I read this great work than I became immersed in it and enslaved by it. I realized then that anthropology, as presented by Sir James Frazer, is a great science, worthy of as much devotion as any of her elder and more exact studies and I became bound to the service of Frazerian anthropology."
