The Golden Bough: Adonis, Attis, Osiris. The Myth of Adonis
The Golden Bough: Adonis, Attis, Osiris. The Myth of Adonis

Author: James George Frazer

Publisher:

Published: 1911

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13:

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Frazer's series which attempted to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat, and many other symbols and practices whose influences had extended into 20th-century culture. His thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer proposed that mankind progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought.

Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities Through African Perspectives
Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities Through African Perspectives

Author: Helen Lauer

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 740

ISBN-13: 9988647719

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This compilation was inspired by an international symposium held on the Legon campus in September 2003. Hosted by the CODESRIA African Humanities Institute Programme, the symposium had the theme 'Canonical Works and Continuing Innovation in African Arts & Humanities'.

Colonialism's Culture
Colonialism's Culture

Author: Nicholas Thomas

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1994-05-22

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0691037310

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Arguing against general analyses of colonialism, he proposes that a historicized, ethnographic investigation of colonialism would best lead to a fruitful discussion of its continued effects.