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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... tribe begging the life of a wrinkle- faced old she grizzly bear as the recipient of the soul of some particular ... Tribes , ' part iii . p . 113 . 2 Hayes , Arctic Boat Journey , ' p . 198 . " 3 Brinton , Myths of New World , ' p ...
... tribe begging the life of a wrinkle- faced old she grizzly bear as the recipient of the soul of some particular ... Tribes , ' part iii . p . 113 . 2 Hayes , Arctic Boat Journey , ' p . 198 . " 3 Brinton , Myths of New World , ' p ...
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... tribes ) . 4 Abraham Roger , ' La Porte Ouverte , ' Amst . 1670 , p . 107 . 5 Manu , xii . 9 : " çarîrajaih karmmadoshaih yâti sthâvaratâm narah " - " for Buddhism , like the Brahmanism from which it seceded , ANIMISM . 9.
... tribes ) . 4 Abraham Roger , ' La Porte Ouverte , ' Amst . 1670 , p . 107 . 5 Manu , xii . 9 : " çarîrajaih karmmadoshaih yâti sthâvaratâm narah " - " for Buddhism , like the Brahmanism from which it seceded , ANIMISM . 9.
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... tribes , are principally these : the theories of linger- ing , wandering , and returning ghosts , and of souls dwelling on or below or above the earth in a spirit - world , where existence is modelled upon the earthly life , or raised ...
... tribes , are principally these : the theories of linger- ing , wandering , and returning ghosts , and of souls dwelling on or below or above the earth in a spirit - world , where existence is modelled upon the earthly life , or raised ...
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... tribes . the " ingna , " or evil spirits , human in shape , but with long tails and long upright ears , are mostly souls of departed natives , whose bodies were left to lie unburied or whose death the avenger of blood did not expiate ...
... tribes . the " ingna , " or evil spirits , human in shape , but with long tails and long upright ears , are mostly souls of departed natives , whose bodies were left to lie unburied or whose death the avenger of blood did not expiate ...
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... tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be considered un- resting till burial . In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no resting - place in earth are thought of as lingering above ground ...
... tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be considered un- resting till burial . In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no resting - place in earth are thought of as lingering above ground ...
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