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Primitive culture, vol. 1 (of 2) — Edward B. Tylor

Primitive culture, vol. 1 (of 2)

Edward B. Tylor

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 477 pages

Primitive Culture, Volume 1, is a collection of essays by Edward B. Tylor on the development of culture, mythology, religion, language, art, and custom. Tylor sets out early anthropological ideas about animism, survivals, and the origins of civilization. Listening offers an overview of foundational thinking on how human beliefs and customs develop.

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PRIMITIVE CULTURE
FƗǡǪǵ EŠƗǵƗLjƿ April, 1871.
SŧŕLjƿŠ EŠƗǵƗLjƿ November, 1873.
TƒƗǡŠ EŠƗǵƗLjƿ December, 1891.
FLjǼǡǵƒ EŠƗǵƗLjƿ October, 1903.
FƗżǵƒ EŠƗǵƗLjƿ January, 1913.
SƗΎǵƒ EŠƗǵƗLjƿ June, 1920.
PRIMITIVE CULTURE
RESEARCHES INTO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF MYTHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION
LANGUAGE, ART, AND CUSTOM
BY EDWARD B. TYLOR, D.C.L., LL.D.,
F.R.S.
PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY
OF OXFORD
AUTHOR OF “RESEARCHES INTO THE EARLY
HISTORY OF MANKIND,” ETC.

“Ce n’est pas dans les possibilités, c’est dans l’homme même qu’il faut étudier l’homme: il ne s’agit pas d’imaginer ce qu’il auroit pû ou dû faire, mais de regarder ce qu’il fait.”—Dŧ BǡLjǪǪŧǪ.

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.

1920

PǡƗƿǵŧŠ Ɨƿ U.S.A.

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Contents

  1. PRIMITIVE CULTURE
  2. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  4. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
  5. PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
  6. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
  7. CHAPTER I. THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE.
  8. CHAPTER II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE.
  9. CHAPTER IV. SURVIVAL IN CULTURE (continued).
  10. CHAPTER V. EMOTIONAL AND IMITATIVE LANGUAGE.
  11. CHAPTER VI. EMOTIONAL AND IMITATIVE LANGUAGE (continued).
  12. CHAPTER VII. THE ART OF COUNTING.
  13. CHAPTER VIII. MYTHOLOGY.
  14. CHAPTER IX. MYTHOLOGY (continued).
  15. CHAPTER X. MYTHOLOGY (continued).
  16. CHAPTER XI. ANIMISM.
  17. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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