Arnold van Gennep

Japanese: ファン･ヘネップ（英語表記）Arnold van Gennep

1873‐1957
German-born ethnologist. Also known as Van Gennep. He received his higher education in France and served as a professor at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland and a translator for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but he also conducted research and wrote about ethnography and folklore, mainly in French. He wrote many books about the religions of primitive societies, such as totemism, myths, and legends, and about folklore from various regions of France, but the one that has had the greatest influence on subsequent anthropological research and is highly regarded is Les rites de passage (1909).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1873‐1957
ドイツ生れの民族学者。バン･ジェネップとも呼ぶ。フランスで高等教育をうけ，スイスのヌシャテル大学教授やフランス外務省翻訳官などを務めたが，民族誌，民俗学に関する研究･著作活動を行い，おもにフランス語で発表した。トーテミズム，神話，伝説など未開社会の宗教にかかわる著作とフランスの各地方のフォークロアについての著作が多いが，その後の人類学研究に最も影響を与えて高く評価されているのは《通過儀礼Les rites de passage》(1909)である。

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