Golden Bough

Klappentext The greatly revised and enlarged twelve-volume third edition (1911-15) of Sir James Frazer's controversial work on classical religion. Zusammenfassung This greatly revised and enlarged twelve-volume third edition (1911–15) of the controversial work by Sir James Frazer (1854–1941) applies the techniques of comparative ethnography to classical religion. Volume 3 (1911) is concerned with the concept of taboo, and its presence in all religious systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The burden of royalty; 2. The perils of the soul; 3. Tabooed acts; 4. Tabooed persons; 5. Tabooed things; 6. Tabooed words; 7. Our debt to the savage; Note; Index.

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• Authors: James George Frazer, James George Sir Frazer, Sir James George Frazer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2012
• EAN: 9781108047326
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04732-6
• No. of pages: 468
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries