AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: James George Frazer, Edward Burnett Tylor, Arnold Van Gennep
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Andrew walsh; emile durkheim (structural-functionalist) (pg 94): what led to the concept of god , looked at societies that were considered simple or underdeveloped, people feel a special power when coming into ritual and celebration. Coined the phrase good to think with to refer to the way that humans use aspects of the material world as a reservoir of metaphoric and symbolic meanings. An encompassing picture of reality based on shared cultural assumptions about how the world works. The use of a symbol, generally an animal or a plant, as a physical representation for a group, generally as a clan. A dramatic rendering or social portrayal of meaning shared by a specific body of people in a way that makes them seem correct and proper. The activities-including a ritual, myth, art, dance and music- that dramatically depict the meanings shared by a specific body of people.
