This two-volume work posits a sort of psychic unity among similar peoples that supplements simple diffusion by contact.
This two-volume work posits a sort of psychic unity among similar peoples that supplements simple diffusion by contact. The author refers to "survivals," which are elements or "adhesions" that are appropriate only in the historical context in which they were created, and cites some clay pottery as an example. Published 12 years after its authors' first work, Anahuac, it famously claims that the science of culture is a reformer's science in the section "The Science of Culture." It spends the most time discussing the intellectual side of religion, focused on the concept of animism. Subtitled "Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom," for ten points, name this monograph of early anthropology, the most famous work of Edward Tylor.
This two-volume work posits a sort of psychic unity among similar peoples that supplements simple diffusion by contact.
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