In this presentation, "each theory is presented in a common format that offers not only biographical background and exposition of its main ideas, but also comparative analysis and critical assessment."--Jacket.
Daniel L. Pals Bücher
Offers summary, analysis, and appraisal of many landmark modern efforts to explain the origin and function of religion. Beginning in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, this book considers the Victorian anthropology of E B Tylor and James Frazer; the "reductionist" social science of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx; and more.
