Author: Paul RadinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Primitive Man as Philosopher
Author: Paul RadinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Primitive Man as Philosopher
Author: Paul RadinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnopsychology
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Primitive Man as Philosopher
Author: Paul RadinPublisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590178009
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Anthropology is a science whose most significant discoveries have come when it has taken its bearings from literature, and what makes Paul Radin’s Primitive Man as Philosopher a seminal piece of anthropological inquiry is that it is also a book of enduring wonder. Writing in the 1920s, when anthropology was still young, Radin set out to show that “primitive” cultures are as intellectually sophisticated and venturesome as any of their “civilized” counterparts. The basic questions about the structure of the natural world, the nature of right and wrong, and the meaning of life and death, as well as basic methods of considering the truth or falsehood of the answers those questions give rise to, are, Radin argues, recognizably consistent across the whole range of human societies. He rejects both the romantic myth of the noble savage and the rationalist dismissal of the primitive mind as essentially undeveloped, averring that the anthropologist and the anthropologist’s subject meet on the same philosophical ground, and only when that is acknowledged can anthropology begin in earnest. The argument is clearly and forcibly made in pages that also contain an extraordinary collection of poems, proverbs, myths, and tales from a host of different cultures, making Primitive Man as Philosopher not only a lasting contribution to the discipline of anthropology but a unique, rich, and fascinating anthology, one that both illuminates and enlarges our imagination of the human.
Primitive Man as Philosopher
Author: Paul RadinPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486424958
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Classic of anthropology explores belief systems of Winnebago, Oglala Sioux, Maori, Banda, Batak, Tahitian and Hawaiian, Zuni, and Ewe. Fascinating topics include purpose of life, marriage, freedom of thought, death, nature of reality, and other concepts. The author allows his subjects to speak for themselves by quoting extensively from interviews.
Primitive Man as Philosopher
Author: Paul RadinPrimitive Man as a Philosopher
Author: Paul RadinMyth
Author: Robert Alan SegalPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198724705
Category : Myth
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philosophy, science, and religious studies. Including ideas from theorists as varied as Sigmund Freud, Claude Levi-Strauss, Albert Camus, and Roland Barthes, Segal uses the famous ancient myth of Adonis to analyse their individual approaches and theories. In this new edition, he not only considers the future study of myth, but also considers the interactions of myth theory with cognitive science, the implications of the myth of Gaia, and the differences between story-telling and myth. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Summary of Paul Radin's Primitive Man as Philosopher
Author: Everest Media,Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The material in the first part of Dr. Radin’s book demands serious attention, along with a thorough revision of current beliefs about the background and origin of moral and social theories. #2 The second part of the book is devoted to the higher aspects of primitive thought. It is clear that objects and nature were conceived dynamically, and that change, transition, were primary. The world was not seen as a collection of sense-data, but as a dynamic entity.
The Mind of Primitive Man
Author: Franz BoasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Primitive Culture
Author: Edward Burnett TylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animism
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description