The Golden Bough as an argument against diffusionism

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This paper interprets Sir James Frazer’s The Golden Bough as presenting an objection to diffusionism: the diffusionist theory cannot account for the isolation of the rite Frazer focuses on, in the societies studied by classicists.

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Terence Rajivan Edward
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