James George Frazer: viktoriansk helt, 20.årh.s skurk, nutidig mediator

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  • Hans J. Lundager Jensen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/rt.v0i0.104622

Nøgleord:

James George Frazer, evolution, evolutionism, comparativism, mythology, magic, religion, Edmund Leach, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Robert Bellah, Merlin Donald

Resumé

DANSK RESUME: Efter en kort præsentation af Frazers liv, karriere og indholdet i hans hovedværk, The Golden Bough, diskuteres dels Frazers treleddede evolutionsskema (magi-religion-videnskab), dels anvendeligheden af værkets akkumulerede mytologiskfolkloristiske materiale. Frazers komparative tilgang kontrasteres med Claude Lévi-Strauss’ i dennes Mythologiques, hvori der kan antages at spores en frazersk inspiration. Frazers evolutionsskema kontrasteres med Robert Bellahs skemas to første faser, tribal og arkaisk religion.

ENGLISH SUMMARY: Following a brief presentation of Frazer's life and career and the content of his main work, The Golden Bough, the article discusses Frazer’s evolutionary schema (magic-religion-science) and the usefulness of the accumulated mythological folkloristic material of the work. Frazer's comparative approach is contrasted with Claude Lévi-Strauss' comparative work Mythologiques and a possible frazerian inspiration. Finally, the article compares Frazer's evolutionary scheme with Robert Bellah's two first stages of religious evolution, tribal and archaic religion.

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2018-01-25 — Opdateret d. 2023-09-12

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Lundager Jensen, H. J. (2023). James George Frazer: viktoriansk helt, 20.årh.s skurk, nutidig mediator. Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, (67), 77–104. https://doi.org/10.7146/rt.v0i0.104622 (Original work published 25. januar 2018)