Primitive Theories of Religion: Evolutionism after Evans-Pritchard
In 1965 Evans-Pritchard published what is considered the ultimate critique of evolutionist theories of religion. More than five decades later, evolutionary approaches to the study of religion are thriving. Is this because the lessons contained in Theories of Primitive Religion have been forgotten? O...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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e-Rhizome
Year: 2020, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-18 |
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| Summary: | In 1965 Evans-Pritchard published what is considered the ultimate critique of evolutionist theories of religion. More than five decades later, evolutionary approaches to the study of religion are thriving. Is this because the lessons contained in Theories of Primitive Religion have been forgotten? Or is it that the modern approaches have managed to learn from the errors Evans-Pritchard catalogued? The situation is somewhat more complex. It would be facile to dismiss the most fundamental criticisms of evolutionism made by Evans-Pritchard on the grounds that the ‘evolutionary’ theories he focused upon were based much more on Comte’s... |
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| ISSN: | 2571-242X |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5507/rh.2020.001 |