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Primitive Man as Philosopher
by Paul Radin

ISBN: 0486424952
Dover Publications Price: $19.95
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Classic of anthropology explores belief systems of Winnebago, Oglala Sioux, Maori, Banda, Batak, Tahitian and Hawaiian, Zuni, and Ewe. Fascinating topics include purpose of life, marriage, freedom of thought, death, nature of reality, and other concepts. The author allows his subjects to speak for themselves by quoting extensively from interviews.

Table of Contents for Primitive Man as Philosopher
"PREFACE, 1957 EDITION"
PREFACE
FOREWORD BY JOHN DEWEY
METHODS OF APPROACH
I. INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
MAN AND SOCIETY
II. THE PRIMITIVE VIEW OF LIFE
III. THE COERCION OF THE WORLD
IV. CONSERVATISM AND PLASTICITY
V. FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
VI. RIGHT AND WRONG
VII. THE IDEAL MAN
VIII. "THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE: FATE, DEATH AND RESIGNATION"
IX. MEN AND WOMEN
X. APHORISMS ON LIFE AND MAN
XI. THE TRAGIC SENSE OF LIFE
XII. MYSTICISM AND SYMBOLISM
PART TWO
THE HIGHER ASPECTS OF PRIMITIVE THOUGHT
XIII. ANALYSIS OF REALITY AND THE EXTERNAL WORLD
XIV. THE NATURE OF THE EGO AND OF HUMAN PERSONALITY
XV. SPECULATION FOR ITS OWN SAKE
XVI. THE SYSTEMIZATION OF IDEAS
XVII. THE NATURE OF GOD
XVIII. MONOTHEISTIC TENDENCIES
XIX. SKEPTICISM AND CRITIQUE
XX. CONCLUSION
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
INDEX

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