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Primitive Man as Philosopher by Paul Radin
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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