Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom, Volume 2J. Murray, 1871 - Animism Tylor's ideology is best described in his most famous work, the two-volume Primitive Culture. The first volume, The Origins of Culture, deals with various aspects of ethnography including social evolution, linguistics, and myth. The second volume, titled Religion in Primitive Culture, deals mainly with his interpretation of animism. On the first page of Primitive Culture, Tylor provides an all-inclusive definition which is one of his most widely recognized contributions to anthropology: "Culture, or civilization, taken in its broad, ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society." Primitive Culture remained the pinnacle of Tylor's career, important not only for its thorough study of human civilization and contributions to the emergent field of anthropology, but also for its undeniable influence on a handful of young scholars. |
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Page vi
... fire - Demons other- wise manifest seen by animals ; detected by footprints - Spirits con- Iceived and treated as material - Guardian and Familiar Spirits— Nature - Spirits ; historical course of the doctrine - Spirits of Volcanos ...
... fire - Demons other- wise manifest seen by animals ; detected by footprints - Spirits con- Iceived and treated as material - Guardian and Familiar Spirits— Nature - Spirits ; historical course of the doctrine - Spirits of Volcanos ...
Page vii
... fire ; incense - Essential Transfer : consumption of essence , savour , etc. - Spiritual Transfer : consumption or transmission of soul of offering - Motive of sacrificer - Transition from Gift - theory to Homage- theory insignificant ...
... fire ; incense - Essential Transfer : consumption of essence , savour , etc. - Spiritual Transfer : consumption or transmission of soul of offering - Motive of sacrificer - Transition from Gift - theory to Homage- theory insignificant ...
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... fire , and a piece of cotton was found in the ears , which the wise man decided to be a piece of the ci - devant Turk's turban.1 Such cases , however , are exceptional . Metempsychosis never became one of the great doctrines of ...
... fire , and a piece of cotton was found in the ears , which the wise man decided to be a piece of the ci - devant Turk's turban.1 Such cases , however , are exceptional . Metempsychosis never became one of the great doctrines of ...
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... fire , rap and write in spirit - circles , and peep over girls ' shoulders as they scare themselves into hysterics with ghost - stories . Almost through the vast range of animistic religion , we shall find the souls of the departed ...
... fire , rap and write in spirit - circles , and peep over girls ' shoulders as they scare themselves into hysterics with ghost - stories . Almost through the vast range of animistic religion , we shall find the souls of the departed ...
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... fire- brand behind , cried " piklerrukpok ! " i . e . , " there is nothing more to be had here ! " 5 ; the Hottentots removed the dead from the hut by an opening broken out on purpose , to prevent him from finding the way back ; the ...
... fire- brand behind , cried " piklerrukpok ! " i . e . , " there is nothing more to be had here ! " 5 ; the Hottentots removed the dead from the hut by an opening broken out on purpose , to prevent him from finding the way back ; the ...
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