Primitive Man as PhilosopherA classic of anthropology, this volume takes readers directly into an array of aboriginal cultures--Winnebago, Oglala Sioux, Maori, Banda, Batak, the Buin of Melanesia, Tahitian and Hawaiian, Zuni, and Ewe--to explore their belief systems. It examines the conditioning of thought that each society pr |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
THE PRIMITIVE VIEW OF LIFE II | 11 |
THE COERCION OF THE World | 19 |
CONSERVATISM AND PLASTICITY | 41 |
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT | 53 |
RIGHT AND WRONG | 63 |
THE IDEAL MAN | 76 |
FATE DEATH | 97 |
ANALYSIS OF REALITY AND THE EXTERNAL | 229 |
THE NATURE OF THE EGO AND OF HUMAN | 257 |
SPECULATION FOR ITS OWN SAKE | 275 |
THE SYSTEMIZATION OF IDEAS | 292 |
THE NATURE OF GUD | 329 |
MONOTHEISTIC TENDENCIES | 342 |
SKEPTICISM AND CRITIQUE | 375 |
APPENDIX A | 389 |
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