For instance , in the 1980s Edmund Leach wrote a series of critical articles , one of which was featured as the lead in Anthropology Today , vol. 1 ( 1985 ) .
Frazer 's pioneering work has been criticised by late 20th - century scholars .
In the 1980s Edmund Leach wrote a series of critical articles , one of which was featured as the lead in Anthropology Today , vol. 1 ( 1985 ) .
Frazer 's pioneering work has been criticised by late 20th - century scholars .