1st Edition
The Myth and Ritual School J.G. Frazer and the Cambridge Ritualists
By Robert Ackerman
Copyright 1991
250 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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The enduring importance of his book The Golden Bough keeps J.G. Frazer's name prominent on the list of the most significant figures in modern religious studies. But by no means was Fraser the sole influence on the Cambridge-based school of thought-- myth-ritualism-- most often associated with him. In this intellectual history of the fellowship of scholars to which Frazer belonged, Robert... Read more
Chapter 1 The Eighteenth Century—Rationalism and Reaction; Chapter 2 Romantic Historicism and Philology; Chapter 3 The Rise of Anthropology: Lang, Tylor, and Smith; Chapter 4 J. G. Frazer; Chapter 5 Jane Ellen Harrison: The Early Work; Chapter 6 Jane Ellen Harrison and the Cambridge Ritualists; Chapter 7 Years of Achievement—1912–14; Chapter 8 Aftermath;
Biography
Robert Ackerman is a Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge
"Providing a ddetailed oultine of their [the Cambridge Ritualists'] work as well as a concise summary of the history of myth interpretation, the book will appeal to anthropologists, historians, and classicists interested in an early attempt at cross-disciplinary hybridization." -- Religious Studies Review
