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[[Fasciculus:JamesGeorgeFrazer.jpg|thumb|Iacobus Georgius Frazer]]

 

==Biography==

Frazer's pioneering work<ref>"For those who see Frazer's work as the start of [[Social anthropology|anthropological study]] in its modern sense, the site and the cult of Nemi must hold a particular place: This<!--capitalised in original--> colourful but minor backwater of Roman religion marks the source of the discipline of [[Social anthropology|Social Anthropology]]", remarks Mary Beard, in noting the critical reassment of Frazer's work following [[Edmund Leach]], "Frazer, Leach, and Virgil: The Popularity (and Unpopularity) of the Golden Bough" ''Comparative Studies in Society and History'' '''34'''.2 (April 1992:203-224), p. 204.</ref> has come under criticism by more recent scholars, following a series of critical, even vituperative articles by [[Edmund Leach]], one of which was selected as the lead article in ''[[Anthropology Today]]'', vol. 1 (1985);<ref>Leach, "Reflections on a visit to Nemi: did Frazer get it wrong?", ''Anthropology Today'' '''1''' (1985)</ref> in part Frazer's ''Golden Bough'' was criticised for the breadth of comparisons drawn from widely separated cultures, but the criticism is often based on the abridged edition, which omits the supportive archaeological details. In a positive review of a work narrowly focusing on the ''[[Cult (religion)|cultus]]'' in the Hittite city of Nerik, J. D. Hawkins remarked approvingly in 1973, "The whole work is very methodical and sticks closely to the fully quoted documentary evidence in a way that would have been unfamiliar to the late Sir James Frazer."<ref>Hawkins, reviewing Volkert Haas, ''Der Kult von Nerik: ein Beitrag zur hethitischen Religionsgeschichte'', in ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'' '''36'''.1 (1973:128).</ref>

 

* ''Creation and Evolution in Primitive Cosmogenies, and Other Pieces'' (1935)

* ''The Fear of the Dead in Primitive Religion'' (1933-36)

* ''[[Totemism]]'' (1887)

 

 

 

 

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