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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... offering - Motive of sacrificer - Transition from Gift - theory to Homage- theory insignificant and formal offerings ; sacrificial banquets - Abne- gation - theory ; sacrifice of children , etc. - Sacrifice of Substitutes ; part given ...
... offering - Motive of sacrificer - Transition from Gift - theory to Homage- theory insignificant and formal offerings ; sacrificial banquets - Abne- gation - theory ; sacrifice of children , etc. - Sacrifice of Substitutes ; part given ...
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... offerings of food given them . In two ways , the dead man who has become a snake can still be recognized ; if the creature is one - eyed , or has a scar or some other mark , it is recognized as the " itongo " of a man who was thus ...
... offerings of food given them . In two ways , the dead man who has become a snake can still be recognized ; if the creature is one - eyed , or has a scar or some other mark , it is recognized as the " itongo " of a man who was thus ...
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... offerings described in the last chapter , of which the purpose more or less distinctly appears to be that the departed soul shall take them away in some ghostly or ideal 1 Calmet , vol . ii . ch . xxxvi .; Brand , vol . iii . p . 67 ...
... offerings described in the last chapter , of which the purpose more or less distinctly appears to be that the departed soul shall take them away in some ghostly or ideal 1 Calmet , vol . ii . ch . xxxvi .; Brand , vol . iii . p . 67 ...
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... offerings to ancestors of part of any dainty food , and an 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 ...
... offerings to ancestors of part of any dainty food , and an 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 ...
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... offerings of food and drink . 2 Among rude Asiatic tribes , the Bodo of North - East 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 ...
... offerings of food and drink . 2 Among rude Asiatic tribes , the Bodo of North - East 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 ...
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