New Releases by James G. Frazer

James G. Frazer is the author of Adonis, Attis, Osiris (2021), Myths of the Origin of Fire (2019), Matrimonio e parentela (2019), The Golden Bough (2018), Altin Dal Dinin ve Folklorun Kökleri (2017).

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Adonis, Attis, Osiris

release date: Jan 01, 2021
Adonis, Attis, Osiris
Adonis, Attis, Osiris - Studies in the History of oriental Religion. Second Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Myths of the Origin of Fire

release date: May 08, 2019
Myths of the Origin of Fire
Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of The Golden Bough, but his work ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 62 years, Sir James G. Frazer devoted his life to research. This volume was first published in 1930.

Matrimonio e parentela

release date: Apr 04, 2019
Matrimonio e parentela
«Frazer prende lo spunto dall''episodio relativo alle nozze di Giacobbe. Giacobbe, secondo quanto racconta la Genesi, sposò in successione le sue due cugine Rachele e Lia che erano figlie di Labano, fratello di sua madre Sara. Ma, partito da Giacobbe, Frazer lo abbandona subito per avventurarsi nel mondo dei primitivi. Di qui l''avvio per uno dei contributi più originali dell''intera opera di Frazer, questa volta dedicata all''analisi dei meccanismi di una struttura fondamentale della società: il matrimonio. Noi europei ci troviamo dinnanzi a un problema che scavalca il nostro orizzonte mentale e ci costringe a scoprire quanto relativamente isolato sia il nostro sistema matrimoniale. Come nota nella sua postfazione Maurizio Bettini, "sposare la cugina" è uno di quegli elementi distintivi che marca con forza il confine tra il "noi" europeo e gli "altri"; la tradizione europea infatti, a partire dal mondo romano, interdì vigorosamente questo tipo di matrimonio, e successivamente la Chiesa si preoccupò di estendere ancora più ampiamente la barriera matrimoniale endogamica. "La cugina" scrive Bettini "è una donna troppo vicina perché ci si possa permettere di sposarla, ma non lo è abbastanza perché ci si possa impedire di amarla." Non è un semplice caso di evoluzione della morale sessuale: Frazer avverte che il matrimonio endogamico ha a che fare con i meccanismi culturali profondi di società molto lontane dalla nostra; così il problema dell''endogamia viene da lui, correttamente, collocato sul piano della cultura, non su quello della natura. Il tabù dell''incesto è dunque, per Frazer, il prodotto di una struttura sociale, che determina come conseguenza secondaria la creazione di una barriera psicologica: "la proibizione opposta al rapporto sessuale tra cugini paralleli dev''essere stata in vigore per tanto tempo che rispettarla è divenuto una sorta di istinto".» Giulio Guidorizzi

The Golden Bough

release date: Nov 15, 2018
The Golden Bough
Frazer''s groundbreaking study of myth and magic was among the first works of trans-historical anthropology, examining the world-wide beliefs in magic held by ancient peoples, and illuminating the ancient practices of nature worship, the myths of the dying god, and the divine sacrifice of kings.

Altin Dal Dinin ve Folklorun Kökleri

release date: Sep 01, 2017

Creation and Evolution in Primitive Cosmogonies and Other Pieces

release date: Jun 11, 2016
Creation and Evolution in Primitive Cosmogonies and Other Pieces
The work of Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. This volume was first published in 1935.

Il ramo d'oro

release date: May 18, 2016
Il ramo d'oro
Per invito della Sibilla, prima di accingersi al viaggio nel regno dei morti, Enea colse il ramo d’oro. Secondo gli antichi, a questa leggenda era collegata la strana usanza per cui solo chi fosse riuscito a strappare un ramo dall’albero che cresceva nel recinto del santuario di Diana a Nemi, uccidendo il sacerdote che vigilava su quei luoghi, poteva succedergli come «re del bosco». Colpito da quello che sembrava essere un barbaro costume sopravvissuto fino ai tempi imperiali, Frazer si lanciò in una ricerca sui motivi universali che potevano averlo ispirato, confrontando miti e riti di ogni tempo e luogo. L’edizione che qui si ripropone fu stabilita dallo stesso Frazer, il quale seppe mantenere la straordinaria ricchezza dell’edizione maggiore, rendendone più accessibile l’impianto ed esaltandone i pregi letterari.

La paura dei morti nelle religioni primitive

release date: Jan 21, 2016
La paura dei morti nelle religioni primitive
Quando i wawanga che vivono alle pendici del monte Elgon, in Kenya, attribuiscono una malattia all''influsso maligno di uno spirito trapassato, esumano il cadavere, bruciano le ossa su un nido di formiche rosse, quindi raccolgono le ceneri in un cesto e le gettano nel fiume. Talvolta, anziché riesumare la salma, conficcano una pertica appuntita nella bara e per maggior sicurezza vi versano sopra acqua bollente: così ritengono di sopprimere definitivamente lo spirito che causa la malattia. Nella Paura dei morti nelle religioni primitive, opera nata da due cicli di conferenze tenute tra il 1932 e il 1933 da Sir James George Frazer al Trinity College di Cambridge, l''ipotesi di fondo è che esista un atteggiamento unico nei confronti delle anime dei defunti: l''uomo cerca di liberarsi dei pericolosi spiriti dei morti ora con la persuasione e la conciliazione, ora con la forza e l''inganno; questa paura dei morti è all''origine delle religioni «primitive» di tutte le epoche e latitudini. Come già nel Ramo d''oro – in cui si analizzavano le somiglianze tra le credenze mitiche, magiche e religiose dei popoli di tutto il mondo, comprese le civiltà antiche e la prima cristianità, fra riti di fertilità, sacrifici umani, capri espiatori, nozze sacre, re maghi e dèi morituri –, così nella Paura dei morti, testo centrale nel corpus della sua opera, Frazer disvela la correlazione simbolica tra mito e rito, corroborando le sue argomentazioni, oltre che con un''esposizione brillante quanto rigorosa, con una ricca messe di notizie documentarie cui ancora oggi gli studiosi di mitografia attingono. Per Frazer, che si considerava discepolo e continuatore di Charles Darwin, la teoria dell''evoluzione è da interpretare come un paradigma sociale, un progresso dell''umanità in tre stadi: dalla magia primitiva nasce la religione, che a sua volta culmina nella scienza. Nonostante la scienza etnologica e antropologica successiva abbia necessariamente superato il suo comparativismo assoluto – il quale peraltro non comprendeva la ricerca sul campo, nutrito com''era di resoconti di viaggio e fonti letterarie –, Frazer resta una pietra miliare nella storia della cultura moderna e nella formazione del pensiero del Novecento, tanto da essere accostato a Karl Marx e Sigmund Freud, che a lui infatti attinse per Totem e tabù. La sua influenza si è esercitata tuttavia ben oltre i confini dell''accademia e ha condizionato generazioni non solo di pensatori e studiosi, ma anche di artisti e poeti, tra cui T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats e H.P. Lovecraft, nonché James Joyce ed Ernest Hemingway. Una fascinazione potente, che tuttora perdura e dalla quale il Saggiatore consente oggi di farsi ancora ispirare, come solo con i classici accade.

Adonis Attis Osiris

release date: Mar 01, 2014
Adonis Attis Osiris
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1906 Edition.

Pausanias's Description of Greece V2

release date: Mar 01, 2014
Pausanias's Description of Greece V2
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1897 Edition.

Pausanias's Description of Greece V5

release date: Mar 01, 2014
Pausanias's Description of Greece V5
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1897 Edition.

Totemism and Exogamy V1

release date: Mar 01, 2014
Totemism and Exogamy V1
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.

Totemism and Exogamy V2

release date: Mar 01, 2014
Totemism and Exogamy V2
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.

Questions on the Customs, Beliefs and Languages of Savages

release date: Mar 01, 2014
Questions on the Customs, Beliefs and Languages of Savages
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.

Totemism and Exogamy V3

release date: Mar 01, 2014
Totemism and Exogamy V3
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.

Passages of the Bible

release date: Mar 01, 2014
Passages of the Bible
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1895 Edition.

Pausanias's Description of Greece V6

release date: Mar 01, 2014
Pausanias's Description of Greece V6
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1897 Edition.

The Great Flood and Other Myths and Legends of the Old Testament: Creation of Man. the Fall of Man. the Mark of Cain. the Great Flood. the Tower of Ba

release date: Nov 01, 2012
The Great Flood and Other Myths and Legends of the Old Testament: Creation of Man. the Fall of Man. the Mark of Cain. the Great Flood. the Tower of Ba
What Can We Really Believe About Scripture? BIBLICAL STORIES - TRUTH? OR FICTION? Here is Unequivocal Proof That "Noah''s Flood" Actually Occurred and That The Fall of the Tower of Babel Did Cause Chaos, Mass Hysteria and the Confusion of Multiple Tongues to Prevail Among Humankind. Hundreds of Biblical accounts accepted as gospel by "true believers" have come under continued attack by the secular community to the point where it is difficult to sort out the factual nature of God''s works. One researcher, James George Frazer, spent a good part of his life scoffing at the "Christian World" only to accumulate records from all over the planet which showed the universality of Creation, the Great Flood, and Man''s Fall from Grace, as well as the collapse of the Tower of Babel. GLOBAL ACCOUNTS OF A ''GREAT FLOOD'' PREVAIL In a lengthy presentation Frazer presents astounding evidence that a global flood has left the strongest single historical imprint upon all of humanity, no matter where on the globe folks had later moved to and settled. Skeptics have proclaimed that the Flood of Noah was merely "regional in scope," even though the Bible makes it clear: (Genesis 7:19b) ..".all the high hills that (were) under the whole heaven, were covered." In fact, "amongst 120 different tribes in North and South and Central America, not one tribe exists that has not related distinct or vague traditions of such a calamity, in which one, or three, or eight persons were saved above the waters..." Furthermore, here are many great tales, including: The Hebrew Story of the Flood; Ancient Great Stories of the Rising Tide of Doom; Supposed Persian Stories; Stories of a Great Flood in Eastern Asia; Stories From Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia, Polynesia and all of the Americas. Believe it or not the flood really occurred and it covered the globe! EXPLORE THE CREATION OF MAN Do the various stories told by many cultures vary or do they agree at all on the creation? Were humans molded out of red clay? What is the truth about the creation of woman out of man''s rib? THE TOWER OF BABEL Here are the "stories" told by many societies, including the Cholula in Mexico; the Toltecs, the origin of the diversity of tongues in Greece, Africa, Assam, Australia and America. There are even Jewish legends as to the Tower of Babel. Theories are many as to the primitive language of humankind and several experimental attempts have been made to determine if there is one source for primitive language. Far from being omitted are other "myths and legends" of Biblical proportions including the Mark of Cain, fear of ghosts of the murdered, a motive for executing murderers, bodily marks to protect people against ghosts of the slain. There is also discussion of the serpent in the Garden and the deception of woman by the serpent and the immortality of serpents and the story of the origin of death. ORDER NOW: If you are a student of the Bible or wish to know the links between the many great Scriptural stories that have been handed down by all means send for THE GREAT FLOOD AND OTHER MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. This volume is a MUST READ and is over 230 large size, 8x11, pages.

Psyche's Task

release date: Mar 01, 2007
Psyche's Task
According to Frazer, superstition may have been responsible for some terrible misunderstandings and even worse misdeeds, but in lending strength to the core institutions of government, private property, marriage, and respect for human life, superstition has played an invaluable role in the increased civility of man. "Surely it is better," he asserts, "that men should do right from wrong motives than that they should do wrong with the best intentions." A treat for students of history and social anthropology, Psyche''s Task is a lively, informative defense from the author of the influential The Golden Bough. Scottish anthropologist SIR JAMES GEORGE FRAZER (1854-1941) also wrote Man, God, and Immortality (1927) and Creation and Evolution in Primitive Cosmogonies (1935).

Folk-Lore in the Old Testament

release date: Jul 01, 2000
Folk-Lore in the Old Testament
The work of Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. This volume was first published in 1918.

Garnered Sheaves

release date: Jul 01, 2000
Garnered Sheaves
Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of The Golden Bough, but his work ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 62 years, Sir James G. Frazer devoted his life to research. This volume was first published in 1931.

The Gorgon's Head and Other Literary Pieces

release date: Jul 01, 2000
The Gorgon's Head and Other Literary Pieces
Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of The Golden Bough, but his work ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 62 years, Sir James G. Frazer devoted his life to research. With a preface by Anatole France, this book was first published in 1927.

Folklore in the Old Testament

release date: Jan 01, 1988

The golden bough the roots of religion and folklore

A Contemporary Analysis of the Growth, Effects, and Adjustments to Automation

The Fear of the Dead in Primitive Religion

Studies in Greek Scenery, Legend and History

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