Primitive Culture
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Primitive Culture is an 1871 anthropological work by Edward B. Tylor that introduced key concepts such as cultural evolution and the theory of animism in the study of human societies.
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| Primitive Culture canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anthropological work
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book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | social anthropology ⓘ |
| author |
Edward B. Tylor
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Edward Burnett Tylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
explanation of religion through animism
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progressive development of human culture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discusses |
art
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custom ⓘ mythology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| field |
cultural anthropology
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history of anthropology ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | two volumes ⓘ |
| fullTitle | Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | social science literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedScholar |
Bronisław Malinowski
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Franz Boas NERFINISHED ⓘ James George Frazer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Volume I
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Volume II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of cultural anthropology
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evolutionary theories of culture ⓘ study of religion ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
comparative method in anthropology
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cultural evolution ⓘ survivals ⓘ theory of animism ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
primitive versus civilized cultures
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psychic unity of mankind ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early formulation of cultural evolution
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systematic theory of animism ⓘ use of cross-cultural comparison ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationYear | 1871 ⓘ |
| publisher | John Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
animism
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anthropology ⓘ cultural evolution ⓘ culture ⓘ evolutionism ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation | unilinear cultural evolutionism ⓘ |
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