Taboo. And the Perils of the Soul

• ISBN: 9788130705682
• Author: J. G. Frazer
• Pages: 462 pp
• Year of Publishing: 2007
• Binding: Hardbound
• Publisher: Cosmo Publications

Description:
In its time, The Golden Bough was the sort of book to be read beneath the bed-sheets by torchlight. When the first edition appeared in 1890, it caused an immediate stir in the literary world. The speed and extremity of this reaction are still understandable today, as The Golden Bough remains a dangerous book that challenges received cultural attitudes.
One of Frazer’s central subjects is the concept of the taboo—an idea familiar to Victorian society but named after an obscure Tongalese custom. He showed how the human tendency to create taboos, devices meant to enforce differences, ultimately reveals a fundamental commonality among people.
The equivalences Frazer draws between seemingly unrelated things uncover profound insights into human nature and society. In 1890, if you wanted to explore these hidden connections, you read The Golden Bough.
This portion of the original text is now available once again due to popular demand.