Totemism"Levi-Strauss continues his assault on the myth of the primitice as savage by turning to the phenomena of totemism an totoemix classification ... to show, contrary to this myth, that primitive thought rests upon a rich and complex conceptual structure." – Commentary |
Contents
THE TOTEMIC ILLUSION | 15 |
AUSTRALIAN NOMINALISM | 33 |
FUNCTIONALIST THEORIES OF TOTEMISM | 56 |
TOWARD THE INTELLECT | 72 |
TOTEMISM FROM WITHIN | 92 |
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ancestors animal or plant animal species anthropology Aranda Arnhem Land atua Australian facts behavior beliefs belong Bergson birds Boas breadfruit Cape York Peninsula clan cliffe-Brown coconut conceived connection correspond crow cult culture Darling River descent distinct Durkheim eagle Eaglehawk edible Elkin emblem Evans-Pritchard existence exogamy explained expression firstly Firth fish food tabus forms of totemism four-section systems function Gennep horde human Ibid ideas individual institutions interpretation kinship lineages logic magic Malinowski modes moieties Murngin myth names native natural species Nuer objects Ojibwa opposition organization origin particular phenomena problem of totemism prohibitions Radcliffe-Brown reality regulation of marriage relation relationship religion religious respect ritual attitude Rousseau rules of marriage sacred snakes social society South Australia South Wales structure symbolic tabus Tafua Tallensi taro Taumako temism theory of totemism thought Tikopia tion totemic groups totemic system tribes twins vegetable species Western Australia Worimi Yaralde