Primitive Culture Volume I (eBook)

Edward Burnett Tylor (Autor)

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2016 | 1., First Edition, First
512 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-81389-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Classic two-volume work, first published in 1871, was highly influential in the establishment of cultural evolution as the basis for anthropologic studies. Volume II focuses on social evolution, language, and myth.

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Use of the term "culture" as an expression of the full range of learned human behavior patterns began with this classic two-volume work, first published in 1871. Edward B. Tylor, the first Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oxford, declared that culture is "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society." Tylor is credited with the establishment of anthropology as a scientific discipline, and his groundbreaking work was highly influential in the development of cultural evolution as the foundation for anthropologic studies. Tylor's unilinear model of development maintains that humans share a common history, evolving from a single primitive form. His studies of the languages, rituals, and beliefs of societies from around the world pioneered the use of statistical data and substantiated his view of a universal pattern of development in all cultures. Volume I of Primitive Culture focuses on social evolution, language, and myth. Volume II focuses on Tylor's interpretation of animism in society, offering details of the endlessly varied ideas and beliefs regarding the soul, spirits, and gods.

Autor

English academic Edward Burnett Tylor (1832–1917) was the first Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Tylor, who conducted fieldwork in Mexico during the mid-1850s, maintained an evolutionary view of the development of culture and religion. He posited that animism, or the belief in spirits, formed the original basis of religion.

Inhalt

Contents of the First VolumeI. The Science of CultureII. The Development of CultureIII. Survival in CultureIV. Survival in Culture (continued)V. Emotional and Imitative LanguageVI. Emotional and Imitative Language (continued) VII. The Art of CountingVIII. MythologyIX. Mythology (continued)X. Mythology (continued) XI. Animism

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.6.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 227 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: 19th century cultural sciences • anthropologic studies • capabilities and habits acquired by man • complex nature of primitive culture • Cultural Evolution • Cultural Studies • evolution, • forming customs • learned human behavior • Non-fiction • primitive cultures • understanding the formation of knowledge and belief
• ISBN-10: 0-486-81389-4 / 0486813894
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-81389-9 / 9780486813899