Derivative and Associative Popular Frazerism: A Cultural Complex at Work in Late Modern Europe
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781032695655-24" target="_blank" >10.4324/9781032695655-24</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Derivative and Associative Popular Frazerism: A Cultural Complex at Work in Late Modern Europe
Original language description
This chapter explores the pervasive influence of "popular Frazerism" on late modern forms of European ritual revival, cultural heritage making, and religious re-enchantment. This cultural complex represents an original and multifaceted response to modernity by local communities and a specific emic modality of interpreting their socially significant past. Through briefly presenting a number case studies from Europe, the chapter illustrates how popularised forms of Frazer's exegesis persist in shaping contemporary understandings of local rituals and symbols, to the point of having become a veritable "folk theory". This folk theory is crafted through cultural bricolage, particularly emphasizing (and ritualising) pagan and medieval imageries. A distinction is made between "derivative" and "associative" popular Frazerism. Derivative popular Frazerism emerges from the cultural work of specific influential individuals, whereas the associative mode shapes community beliefs more indirectly. The chapter also shows how popular Frazerism can be used as a symbolic tool for re-enchantment, intertwining with emerging practices like Neo-Paganism. Ultimately, it may contribute to the shaping of local identities, the experience of cultural authenticity, and even the creation of novel, vernacular religious beliefs.
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Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50404 - Anthropology, ethnology
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Project
<a href="/en/project/EH22_008%2F0004595" target="_blank" >EH22_008/0004595: Beyond Security: Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building</a><br>
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P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Century of James Frazer’s The Golden Bough: Shaking the Tree, Breaking the Bough
ISBN
978-1-03-269563-1
Number of pages of the result
16
Pages from-to
291-306
Number of pages of the book
354
Publisher name
Routledge
Place of publication
London-New York
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