ANTA02H3 Lecture 8: Lecture 8
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Y religare is where the term religion comes from and it means to. Lecture 8 religion binding people together: james frazer. had a huge impact in literary studies at a time anthropologists rejected his theories. they rejected his theories because he was a cultural- evolutionist and believed cultures evolved through distinct stages of development. era of religion, we are dominated by ideas having to do with god and the will of the gods. Life had more to do with interpreting god s saying. said the most recent phase of evolution was characterized by science, which would be the dominant form. malinowski, after reading the golden bough he became hooked onto anthropology: animism. when you look at religion from cross-cultural perspective, there is one or more of these sprit beings. you can have personal relationship with sprit beings because you have individuality to them (ancestors): animatism.
