J. G. Frazer by Robert Ackerman
Sir James G. Frazer's The Golden Bough, first published in 1890, was the first work in English to understand the religion of classical antiquity in the context of primitive religion. Its dramatic impact on the history of ideas lasted well into the twentieth century, in its association of religious myths with the more primitive forms of ritual and magic generated by the 'savage mind', identified as a common misunderstanding of the scientific laws governing the natural world. This highly acclaimed biography is a comprehensive study of Frazer's life, the influences on his work, and its wide-ranging implications for modern anthropology, classics, cultural history and folklore.-
The Life of Isaac Newton
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The Secularization of the European Mind in the Nineteenth Century
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The Path to Genocide
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Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future
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Art and its Objects
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Authority and the Sacred
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Victorian Miniature
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In the Company of Animals
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Nations and Nationalism since 1780
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Richelieu and Olivares
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What Little I Remember
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A Life of Erwin Schrodinger
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Rudyard Kipling: Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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Blues Fell this Morning
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The Immortal Emperor
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Politics in the Ancient World
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The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane
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The Great Wall of China
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The Myth of the Magus
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Feminist Literary Studies
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Marc Bloch
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Tales of the Yanomami
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Reliable Knowledge
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The Byzantine Lady
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Charles Darwin's Letters
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The English Stage
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The Arab Predicament
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Space, Time and Man
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Japan's Capitalism
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Mr Bligh's Bad Language
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Black Holes and the Universe
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The Meanings of Death
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Myths of Modern Individualism
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Memories of Beethoven
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Beyond Science
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Saladin
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Untying the Knot
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Disraeli
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The Outer Reaches of Life
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Under this Blazing Light
'..the definitive biography ...' New Society
'...an intellectual history of the age, as elegant as it is comprehensive.' The Times
'Ackerman triumphantly succeeds in recreating the mental atmosphere of the late-Victorian world, suspended between religion and science.' The Sunday Telegraph
'...masterly.' The New Republic
'...an intellectual history of the age, as elegant as it is comprehensive.' The Times
'Ackerman triumphantly succeeds in recreating the mental atmosphere of the late-Victorian world, suspended between religion and science.' The Sunday Telegraph
'...masterly.' The New Republic
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521398251 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521398258 |
| Title | J. G. Frazer |
| Author | Robert Ackerman |
| Series | Canto Original Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1990-09-13 |
| Number of pages | 358 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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