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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... father's house to decay , but 1 Schoolcraft , ' Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 310 ; Bastian , ' Psychologie , ' pp- 111 , 193 .; Doolittle , ' Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 235 . 3 after two years he might rebuild it , the 22 22 ANIMISM .
... father's house to decay , but 1 Schoolcraft , ' Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 310 ; Bastian , ' Psychologie , ' pp- 111 , 193 .; Doolittle , ' Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 235 . 3 after two years he might rebuild it , the 22 22 ANIMISM .
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... Indian who fell by accident into the fire would believe that the spirits of his ancestors pushed him in for neglecting to make due offerings . The minds of the Hurons were filled with fancies not less lifelike than this . It seemed to ...
... Indian who fell by accident into the fire would believe that the spirits of his ancestors pushed him in for neglecting to make due offerings . The minds of the Hurons were filled with fancies not less lifelike than this . It seemed to ...
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... India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deceased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly presents it to the dead with these words , " Take ...
... India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deceased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly presents it to the dead with these words , " Take ...
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... India . Beside these , monumental stones are set up outside the village to the memory of men of note ; they are fixed on an earthen plinth where the ghost , resting in its walks among the living , is supposed to sit shaded by the pillar ...
... India . Beside these , monumental stones are set up outside the village to the memory of men of note ; they are fixed on an earthen plinth where the ghost , resting in its walks among the living , is supposed to sit shaded by the pillar ...
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... ; Caron , ' Japan ' in Pinkerton , vol . vii . p . 629 ( Aug. ) . 3 Mason , Karens , ' 1. c . p . 238 . Hodgson , Abor . of India , ' p . 147 . 5 Munzinger , ' Ost . Afrika , ' p . 473 . the feast of the dead at the time of yam 32 ANIMISM .
... ; Caron , ' Japan ' in Pinkerton , vol . vii . p . 629 ( Aug. ) . 3 Mason , Karens , ' 1. c . p . 238 . Hodgson , Abor . of India , ' p . 147 . 5 Munzinger , ' Ost . Afrika , ' p . 473 . the feast of the dead at the time of yam 32 ANIMISM .
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