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Primitive Man as Philosopher
Taschenbuch von Paul Radin
Sprache: Englisch

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Anthropology is a science whose most significant discoveries have come when it has taken its bearings from literature, and what makes Paul Radin's Primitive Man as Philosopher a seminal piece of anthropological inquiry is that it is also a book of enduring wonder. Writing in the 1920s, when anthropology was still young, Radin set out to show that "primitive" cultures are as intellectually sophisticated and venturesome as any of their "civilized" counterparts. The basic questions about the structure of the natural world, the nature of right and wrong, and the meaning of life and death, as well as basic methods of considering the truth or falsehood of the answers those questions give rise to, are, Radin argues, recognizably consistent across the whole range of human societies. He rejects both the romantic myth of the noble savage and the rationalist dismissal of the primitive mind as essentially undeveloped, averring that the anthropologist and the anthropologist's subject meet on the same philosophical ground, and only when that is acknowledged can anthropology begin in earnest. The argument is clearly and forcibly made in pages that also contain an extraordinary collection of poems, proverbs, myths, and tales from a host of different cultures, making Primitive Man as Philosopher not only a lasting contribution to the discipline of anthropology but a unique, rich, and fascinating anthology, one that both illuminates and enlarges our imagination of the human.
Anthropology is a science whose most significant discoveries have come when it has taken its bearings from literature, and what makes Paul Radin's Primitive Man as Philosopher a seminal piece of anthropological inquiry is that it is also a book of enduring wonder. Writing in the 1920s, when anthropology was still young, Radin set out to show that "primitive" cultures are as intellectually sophisticated and venturesome as any of their "civilized" counterparts. The basic questions about the structure of the natural world, the nature of right and wrong, and the meaning of life and death, as well as basic methods of considering the truth or falsehood of the answers those questions give rise to, are, Radin argues, recognizably consistent across the whole range of human societies. He rejects both the romantic myth of the noble savage and the rationalist dismissal of the primitive mind as essentially undeveloped, averring that the anthropologist and the anthropologist's subject meet on the same philosophical ground, and only when that is acknowledged can anthropology begin in earnest. The argument is clearly and forcibly made in pages that also contain an extraordinary collection of poems, proverbs, myths, and tales from a host of different cultures, making Primitive Man as Philosopher not only a lasting contribution to the discipline of anthropology but a unique, rich, and fascinating anthology, one that both illuminates and enlarges our imagination of the human.
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Paul Radin, introduced by Neni Panourgia
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 496
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781590177686
ISBN-10: 1590177681
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Radin, Paul
Zusammengestellt: Panourgiá, Neni
Hersteller: New York Review of Books
Maße: 200 x 126 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Radin
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2017
Gewicht: 0,518 kg
preigu-id: 105287368
Über den Autor
Paul Radin, introduced by Neni Panourgia
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 496
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781590177686
ISBN-10: 1590177681
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Radin, Paul
Zusammengestellt: Panourgiá, Neni
Hersteller: New York Review of Books
Maße: 200 x 126 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Radin
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2017
Gewicht: 0,518 kg
preigu-id: 105287368
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