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Sir James George Frazer (* 1. Januar 1854 in Glasgow; † 7. Mai 1941 in Cambridge) war ein schottischer Ethnologe und Klassischer Philologe. Er vertrat eine evolutionistisch orientierte Anthropologie [1] und gilt neben Edward B. Tylor und Émile Durkheim als Mitbegründer der Religionsethnologie .
Sir James George Frazer OM FRS FRSE FBA (/ ˈ f r eɪ z ər /; 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.
Der goldene Zweig. Eine Studie über Magie und Religion, englische Originalausgabe The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, ist eine umfassende Vergleichsstudie über Mythologie und Religion des schottischen Anthropologen James George Frazer (1854–1941). Sie wurde erstmals 1890 in zwei Bänden veröffentlicht.
Sir James George Frazer (born Jan. 1, 1854, Glasgow, Scot.—died May 7, 1941, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng.) was a British anthropologist, folklorist, and classical scholar, best remembered as the author of The Golden Bough. From an academy in Helensburgh, Dumbarton, Frazer went to Glasgow University (1869), entered Trinity College ...
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (retitled The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion in its second edition) is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer.
- James George Frazer
- United Kingdom
- 1890
- 1890
29. Nov. 2018 · The Golden Bough. Frazer’s most celebrated work focuses on explaining an ancient Italian practice of killing the king and replacing him, using comparative religion to solve a problem that classical religion cannot.
Sir James George Frazer originally set out to discover the origins of one ancient custom in Classical Rome - the plucking of the Golden Bough from a tree in the sacred grove of Diana, and the murderous succession of the priesthood there - and was led by his invetigations into a twenty-five year study of primitive customs, superstitions, magic ...
