pigs à la frazer (gr-related)

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

Thomas Eckhardt schrieb:

> Jane wrote:
>
> > If religious belief is not based on historical fact or
> > philosophical (or indeed
> > theological) reflection, neither is it based on science.
>
>     [schnipp]
>
> > James Frazer in The
> > Golden Bough, a book Drury obtained at Wittgenstein's
> > request in 1931, had
> > understood the primitive rituals he described as arising
> > partly from the
> > scientific errors of the peoples who celebrated them. This,
> > Wittgenstein said,
> > was itself erroneous. These rituals were created by
> > technically advanced
> > civilisations.

> Yes, Frazer is terribly condescending. A valuable source, but terribly
> condescending.



  as social theory, "the golden bough" is hopelessly outmoded ... yet an huge 
  quarry where one still can, in many contexts, find significant material here 
  and there ... for lots of swine-info check out chapter 49 [!], § 2-4, in the 
  edition of 1922 ... "the swine was holy" ... (re-translated from page 681 of 
  the german paperback reprint) ... kai 


> P.S. For all you Jim-Morrison-scholars out there: The lines "Not to
> touch the earth/Not to see the sun" are the headings of sub-chapters of
> "The Golden Bough".