Rewriting the History of the Human Mind: J.G. Frazer and the Platonic Theory of Being

(Notes on J.G. Frazer and the Platonic Theory of Being)
The argument of the book is quite technical, but it is easy to explain the nature of the argument, and why I came to write it. 
I studied ancient history and languages at UCL as a mature student in the early 1990s. Before deciding to study ancient history, I had a long standing interest in both art and philosophy, and in the art and thought of the European renaissance. I read the two volume edition of Frazer’s Golden Bough in 1987, a...