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Cultural anthropology and animism theory

Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom, Volume 2

Edward B. Tylor1871Vol. 2 of 2
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This specific volume is famous for its extensive development of the theory of Animism. Tylor defines it as the foundational 'belief in Spiritual Beings' and traces its evolution from a belief in individual souls to a broader hierarchy of spirits, polytheism, and eventually monotheism.

Also known asPrimitive Culture (Volume 2)
This edition1871
EditionJohn Murray, London
AnimismAnthropologyComparative ReligionVictorian Anthropology / Comparative EthnologyPrimitive mythologyRationalismComparative Mythologyritual documentationComparative study of religious phenomenasympathetic magicfolk belief documentation

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Contents18 chapters

  1. 01PRIMITIVE CULTURE
  2. 02CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
  3. 03CHAPTER XII. ANIMISM (continued).
  4. 04CHAPTER XIII. ANIMISM (continued).
  5. 05CHAPTER XIV. ANIMISM (continued).
  6. 06CHAPTER XV. ANIMISM (continued).
  7. 07CHAPTER XVI. ANIMISM (continued).
  8. 08CHAPTER XVII. ANIMISM (continued).
  9. 09CHAPTER XVIII. RITES AND CEREMONIES.
  10. 10CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUSION.
  11. 11INDEX.
  12. 12THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  13. 13"Cover"
  14. 14Primitive Culture, Vol. 2 of 2 | Project Gutenberg
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