The Devil's Advocate: A Plea for Superstition

by James George Frazer

Second edition, revised and enlarged, of Psyche's Task, to which is added The Scope of Anthropology. First published 1927. Bound with The Growth of Plato's Ideal Theory, first published in 1930.
Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of The Golden Bough, but his work ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 62 years, Sir James G. Frazer devoted his life to research.

326 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1927

About the author

Sir James George Frazer was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion. His most famous work, The Golden Bough (1890), documents and details the similarities among magical and religious beliefs around the globe. Frazer posited that human belief progressed through three stages: primitive magic, replaced by religion, in turn replaced by science.
He was married to the writer & translator Lilly Grove (Lady Frazer)

Reviews

[Roberto Yoed · Rating 3 out of 5]

An extension of Psyche's Task.

To be honest, not so much is added, aside form the text 'The Scope of Anthropology'.