Charles de Brosses

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Charles de Brosses

French scholar

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study of religion
The late 17th and 18th centuries
The French scholar and politician Charles de Brosses (1709–77) attempted to explain Greek polytheism partly through the fetishism (belief in the magical powers of certain objects) found in West Africa. This approach was pioneering in its comparison of Greek myths with “primitive” ones. The French Abbé Bergier (1718–90) explained primitive…
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The French scholar and politician Charles de Brosses (1709–77) attempted to explain Greek polytheism partly through the fetishism (belief in the magical powers of certain objects) found in West Africa. This approach was pioneering in its comparison of Greek myths with “primitive” ones. The French Abbé Bergier (1718–90) explained primitive…
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