Lucien Levy-Bruhl

Revival: Primitive Mentality (1923) (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Clare, Lilian A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The primitive mind does not differentiate the supernatural from reality, but rather uses "mystical participation" to manipulate the world. According to Bruhl, moreover, the primitive mind doesn't address contradictions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351346979
• Artikelnr.: 50918746

Autorenporträt

Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (10 April 1857 - 13 March 1939) was a French scholar trained in philosophy, who made contributions to the budding fields of sociology and ethnology. His primary field of study involved primitive mentality. He was an anthropologist who wrote about the 'primitive mind'.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The primitive's indifference to secondary causes 2. Mystic and invisible
forces 3. Dreams 4. Omens 5. Omens (continued) 6. The practices of
divination 7. The practices of divination (continued) 8. Ordeals 9. The
mystic meaning of accidents and misfortunes 10. The mystic meaning of the
causes of sucess 11. The mystic meaning of the white man's appearance and
of the things he brings with them. 12. The primitive's dislike of the
unknown. 13. The primitive's attitude to the European remedies 14.
Conclusion.