Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion

Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion expounds and analyses the argument of Wittgenstein''s Remarks on Frazer''s Golden Bough . It details the reasons for Wittgenstein''s rejection of the intellectualist theory of religion, and suggests a new interpretation of his rival view of ritual. Denying that Wittgenstein''s account is straightforwardly expressivist, the author builds his own interpretation on W...