James George Frazer

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Totemism and Exogamy - A Treatise on Certain Early Forms of Superstition and SocietyPaperback, 14 July 2011

Totemism and Exogamy - A Treatise on Certain Early Forms of Superstition and Society
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Print Length
604 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Severus
Date Published
14 Jul 2011
ISBN-10
3863471075
ISBN-13
9783863471071

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"As a plain record of a curious form of society which must soon be numbered with the past, the book may continue to possess an interest even when, with the progress of its knowledge, its errors shall have been corrected and its theories perhaps superseded by others which make a nearer approach to truth." Despite having been criticised later, the book at hand is an important and interesting document of its time. It provided the first complete ethnographical summary of totemism and exogamy, dwelling on its religious and social aspects. Totemism is described as a religious and social system in which people or clans regard themselves as related to certain objects. Exogamy, which is often found in conjunction with totemism, is represented as a system which only allows marriage outside of a specific group. On the whole, Frazer's work includes the origins as well as an ethnographical survey of totemism and exogamy in Australian Aboriginal tribes. Sir James George Frazer was a Scottish social anthropologist who contributed mainly to the studies of mythology and comparative religion and was the first to detail the relations between myths and rituals. His work Totemism and Exogamy is also frequently cited by Sigmund Freud in his own study Totem and Taboo.

Product Details

Author:
James George Frazer
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
14 July 2011
Dimensions:
21.01 x 14.81 x 3.1 cm
ISBN-10:
3863471075
ISBN-13:
9783863471071
Language:
English
Pages:
604
Publisher:
Weight:
712.14 gm

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