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1854-1941. Scottish social anthropologist. Married to French writer Elizabeth Grove. In Frazer´s opinion human history is divided into three stages: magic, religion and science. | |||
== Life == | |||
He is considered to be the first to have studied religion from a rather cultural and not so much theological perspective. His main work is | Frazer was born in Glasgow, studied at the University of Glasgow and at Trinity College in Cambridge. He was knighted in 1914. Frazer went blind in 1931 and died in Cambridge in 1941. | ||
He is considered to be the first to have studied religion from a rather cultural and not so much theological perspective. His main work is ''The Golden Bough'', a study of ancient cultures and myths. It consists of 12 volumes. His theses inspired many writers and poets. The most famous poem influenced by his concepts is ''The Waste Land'' by [[T.S. Eliot]]. | |||
== Famous works == | |||
''The Golden Bough'', 1890 | |||
''Totemism and Exogamy'', 1910 | |||
''Folk-lore in the Old Testament'', 1918 | |||
''The Worship of Nature'', 1926 | |||
== References == | |||
Ackerman, Robert. ''J.G. Frazer: his Life and Work.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 1988. | Ackerman, Robert. ''J.G. Frazer: his Life and Work.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 1988. | ||
http://www.rw-studieren.uni-hannover.de/jamesfrazer.html | http://www.rw-studieren.uni-hannover.de/jamesfrazer.html | ||
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1854-1941. Scottish social anthropologist. Married to French writer Elizabeth Grove. In Frazer´s opinion human history is divided into three stages: magic, religion and science.
Life
Frazer was born in Glasgow, studied at the University of Glasgow and at Trinity College in Cambridge. He was knighted in 1914. Frazer went blind in 1931 and died in Cambridge in 1941.
He is considered to be the first to have studied religion from a rather cultural and not so much theological perspective. His main work is The Golden Bough, a study of ancient cultures and myths. It consists of 12 volumes. His theses inspired many writers and poets. The most famous poem influenced by his concepts is The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot.
Famous works
The Golden Bough, 1890
Totemism and Exogamy, 1910
Folk-lore in the Old Testament, 1918
The Worship of Nature, 1926
References
Ackerman, Robert. J.G. Frazer: his Life and Work. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 1988.