Animism - Religion and Nature
... actually alive. In a footnote, Lubbock observed, “Dogs appear to do the same” (Lubbock 1889: 287). As Lubbock’s friend and mentor, Charles Darwin, maintained, religion could be explained in terms of dog behavior. Like Lubbock, Darwin observed that dogs characteristically attributed life to inanimate ...
... actually alive. In a footnote, Lubbock observed, “Dogs appear to do the same” (Lubbock 1889: 287). As Lubbock’s friend and mentor, Charles Darwin, maintained, religion could be explained in terms of dog behavior. Like Lubbock, Darwin observed that dogs characteristically attributed life to inanimate ...
E. B. Tylor - Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement
... At a time when a version of Lévi-Strauss’s La Pensée Sauvage has been translated into English (misleading enough as The Savage Mind!) it is worth quoting at some length a passage from Tylor upon a related topic. Stripped of its rationalism, it does open a vein of inquiry that has been most profitabl ...
... At a time when a version of Lévi-Strauss’s La Pensée Sauvage has been translated into English (misleading enough as The Savage Mind!) it is worth quoting at some length a passage from Tylor upon a related topic. Stripped of its rationalism, it does open a vein of inquiry that has been most profitabl ...
E. B. Tylor and the Anthropology of Religion
... In Tylor's view, as A.I. Hallowell was fond of pointing out in lectures, our ancient forebears were moved by curiosity. Puzzled by their experiences of dreams and of visions, and desirous of achieving a satisfying account of death, they derived and melded from their experiences notions about animati ...
... In Tylor's view, as A.I. Hallowell was fond of pointing out in lectures, our ancient forebears were moved by curiosity. Puzzled by their experiences of dreams and of visions, and desirous of achieving a satisfying account of death, they derived and melded from their experiences notions about animati ...
First Contact: The Death of Captain Cook
... flouting his authority by stealing. • Theft itself was a capital offence in England at this time. You could be hung for stealing bread or a sheep. • Moreover, the ship was the property of the King of England, not simply private property, so Cook was bound by his own culture to deal with the situatio ...
... flouting his authority by stealing. • Theft itself was a capital offence in England at this time. You could be hung for stealing bread or a sheep. • Moreover, the ship was the property of the King of England, not simply private property, so Cook was bound by his own culture to deal with the situatio ...
Mana
Mana is a word found in Austronesian languages meaning ""power, effectiveness, prestige,"" where in most cases the power is understood to be supernatural. The exact semantics depends on the language. The concept is a major one in Polynesian cultures. It is part of contemporary Pacific Islander culture. The term came to the attention of western anthropologists through the reports of missionaries in the islands. Its study was included in the topic of cultural anthropology, specifically in the anthropology of religion. Links were seen between it and an earlier phase of western religion, animism at first, then pre-animism.