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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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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

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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