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OF THE FOUNDİNG PATHERS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELİGİON: JAMES GEORGE FRAZER (1854- 1941)

Year 2010, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 3 - 31, 15.12.2010

Abstract

Amongst the last leading Victorian evolutionists was James George Frazer, a student of
Tylor who was celebrated, far beyand anthropologlcal drcles, for his masterpiece works for
example, his Golden Bough, which was first publlshed as a two-volume set in 1890, and
later expanded to fill twelve glgantic tomes. _As explained ın this article, his researches are
consldered a vast, comparative investigatlons on the history of myth, religion, folklore and
other 'exotic beliefs', with examples drawn from all ·over the world. Uke so many of the
evolutionists, Frazer believed in a three-step model of cultural evolution: a 'magical' stage
is replaced by a 'religious' stage, which gives way to a 'scientific' stage. Though Frazer
clearly considered magical rites lrrational, and assumed that 'primitives' based thelr lives on
a completely mlstaken understandlng of nature, his main concern was to ldentify patterns
and universal traits in mythical thought. 

DİN ANTROPOLOJİSİNİN KURUCULARINDAN JAMES GEORGE FRAZER (1854- 1941)

Year 2010, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 3 - 31, 15.12.2010

Abstract

Tylor'un öğrencilerinden olan James George Frazer, ünü antropolojl çevrelerini de aşan bir
akademisyen olarak 1890 yılında ilk iki dldini daha sonralan on iki ciltte toplamış olduğu
şaheseri Golden Bough (Altın Dal) gibi çarpıa eserleriyle Victoria döneminin önde gelen evrime!
antropologlanndan biridir. Onun boyutlan geniş, dünya çapında örneklerle beslediği
mukayeseli araştırmalan mit, din, falklor ve diğer "ekzotik inançlan" kapsar. Diğer evrimci
antropologlar gibi Frazer da üç aşamalı kültürel evrime inanır; dinin kaynağında büyü çağı
bulunurken onu devralan ama bilimsel çağa yol vermek zorunda kalan din çağı tam ortadadır.
Frazer, büyüye dayalı ritleri irrasyonel kabul ederken "ilkellerin" doğa hakkında geliştirdikleri
fikirleri yanlış anlamaya dayandırdıklannı ileri sürer ve aslında ana ilgisini mitsel dü-
şüncedeki evrensel uygulama alanına sahip kalıplar olduğunu da açıkça belli eder

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Mustafa Alıcı This is me

Publication Date December 15, 2010
Published in Issue Year 2010 Volume: 14 Issue: 2

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ISNAD Alıcı, Mustafa. “OF THE FOUNDİNG PATHERS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELİGİON: JAMES GEORGE FRAZER (1854- 1941)”. Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 14/2 (December 2010), 3-31.