A Century of James Frazer's The Golden Bough Shaking the Tree, Breaking the Bough
Budin, Stephanie Lynn
A Century of James Frazer's The Golden Bough Shaking the Tree, Breaking the Bough - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2025 - 1 online resource
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This multidisciplinary volume examines the ongoing effects of James G. Frazer's The Golden Bough in modern Humanities and its wide-ranging influence across studies of ancient religions, literature, historiography, and reception studies. The book begins by exploring the life and times of Frazer himself and the writing of The Golden Bough in its cultural milieu. It then goes on to cover a wide range of topics, including: ancient Near Eastern religion and culture; Minoan religion and in particular the origins of notions of Minoan matriarchy; Frazer's influence on the study of Graeco-Roman religion and magic; Frazer's influence on modern Pagan religions; and the effects of Frazer's works in modern culture and scholarship generally. Chapters examine how modern academia and beyond continues to be influenced by the otherwise discredited theories in The Golden Bough, ideas such as Sacred Marriage and the incessant Fertility of Everything. The book demonstrates how scholarship within the Humanities as well as practitioners of alternative religions and the common public remain under the thrall of Frazer over one hundred years since the publication of the abridged edition of The Golden Bough, and what we must do to shake off that influence. A Century of James Frazer's The Golden Bough is of interest to scholars and students from a wide range of disciplines, including Ancient History, History of Religion, Comparative Religion, Classical Studies, Archaeology, Historiography, Anthropology, Folklore, and Reception Studies.
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9781032695631 9781032695648 9781032695655
10.4324/9781032695655 doi
Ancient history
Anthropology
Christianity
European history
Health, Relationships and Personal development
History and Archaeology
History of religion
History
Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas
Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs
Mind, body, spirit
Mysticism, magic and occult interests
Other religions and spiritual beliefs
Philosophy and Religion
Religion and beliefs
Religion: general
Shamanism, paganism and Druidry
Social and cultural anthropology
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology and anthropology
Ancient Mesopotamia anthropology of religion Assyriology biblical studies bronze age myth Bronze-Age Aegean classical studies dying gods Early Anthropology folklore Frazerian golden bough graeco-roman religion greco-roman religion History of Religion ishtar james frazer Law of Similarity Matriarchy Mesopotamian religion minoan Minoan archaeology minoan religion minoan society near eastern myth near eastern religion neo-paganism neopaganism Pagan Reconstructionism Sir James G. Frazer sumerian myth sympathetic magic victorian Anthropology Victorian Historiography Wilhelm Mannhardt
A Century of James Frazer's The Golden Bough Shaking the Tree, Breaking the Bough - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2025 - 1 online resource
Free-to-read
This multidisciplinary volume examines the ongoing effects of James G. Frazer's The Golden Bough in modern Humanities and its wide-ranging influence across studies of ancient religions, literature, historiography, and reception studies. The book begins by exploring the life and times of Frazer himself and the writing of The Golden Bough in its cultural milieu. It then goes on to cover a wide range of topics, including: ancient Near Eastern religion and culture; Minoan religion and in particular the origins of notions of Minoan matriarchy; Frazer's influence on the study of Graeco-Roman religion and magic; Frazer's influence on modern Pagan religions; and the effects of Frazer's works in modern culture and scholarship generally. Chapters examine how modern academia and beyond continues to be influenced by the otherwise discredited theories in The Golden Bough, ideas such as Sacred Marriage and the incessant Fertility of Everything. The book demonstrates how scholarship within the Humanities as well as practitioners of alternative religions and the common public remain under the thrall of Frazer over one hundred years since the publication of the abridged edition of The Golden Bough, and what we must do to shake off that influence. A Century of James Frazer's The Golden Bough is of interest to scholars and students from a wide range of disciplines, including Ancient History, History of Religion, Comparative Religion, Classical Studies, Archaeology, Historiography, Anthropology, Folklore, and Reception Studies.
Open licence
eng
9781032695631 9781032695648 9781032695655
10.4324/9781032695655 doi
Ancient history
Anthropology
Christianity
European history
Health, Relationships and Personal development
History and Archaeology
History of religion
History
Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas
Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs
Mind, body, spirit
Mysticism, magic and occult interests
Other religions and spiritual beliefs
Philosophy and Religion
Religion and beliefs
Religion: general
Shamanism, paganism and Druidry
Social and cultural anthropology
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology and anthropology
Ancient Mesopotamia anthropology of religion Assyriology biblical studies bronze age myth Bronze-Age Aegean classical studies dying gods Early Anthropology folklore Frazerian golden bough graeco-roman religion greco-roman religion History of Religion ishtar james frazer Law of Similarity Matriarchy Mesopotamian religion minoan Minoan archaeology minoan religion minoan society near eastern myth near eastern religion neo-paganism neopaganism Pagan Reconstructionism Sir James G. Frazer sumerian myth sympathetic magic victorian Anthropology Victorian Historiography Wilhelm Mannhardt
