This work's first chapter observes that all thought is founded on a demand for order, and that unlike science, magic postulates a "complete and all-embracing determinism." This book notes that the Warramunga prohibit paternal totems and that the Arabanna adopt the Aranda's kinship system for reincarnated spirits. This book claims that totemism results only from a necessary impulse toward distinguishing members of a larger group. Its section on "The Science of the Concrete" compares the title ent
This work's first chapter observes that all thought is founded on a demand for order, and that unlike science, magic postulates a "complete and all-embracing determinism." This book notes that the Warramunga prohibit paternal totems and that the Arabanna adopt the Aranda's kinship system for reincarnated spirits. This book claims that totemism results only from a necessary impulse toward distinguishing members of a larger group. Its section on "The Science of the Concrete" compares the title entity to a person who is ingenious but limited to using the objects and materials that he already has, referred to as a bricoleur, to be contrasted with the engineer. For 10 points, identify this anthropological work by Claude Lévi-Strauss about primitive thought.
This work's first chapter observes that all thought is founded on a demand for order, and that unlike science, magic postulates a "complete and all-embracing determinism.