Remarks On Frazer's Golden Bough by Ludwig Wittgenstein
An aphoristic critique of anthropological explanations of ritual and magic, contending that such practices are expressive forms of life rather than mistaken proto-science. It challenges evolutionary narratives and reductive rationalism, urging description over theory and attention to the grammar of customs and shared human reactions. By likening understanding of ceremonies to grasping gestures, music, or jokes, it exposes the condescension and misreadings in purportedly scientific accounts.
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- Published
- 1967
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 20-40
- Original Language
- German
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- Bemerkungen über Frazers 'The Golden Bough'
- Remarks on Frazer's The Golden Bough
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