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Authors/Lucien Lévy-Bruhl/Revival: How Natives Think (1926)
Revival: How Natives Think (1926)
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Revival: How Natives Think (1926)

Genre
Anthropology
2019
first published in English
French
original language
1
edition in English
392
pages

Levy-Bruhl speculates about what he posited as the two basic mind-sets of mankind; " primitive" and " Western." The primitive mind does not differentiate the supernatural from reality, but rather uses " mystical participation" to manipulate the world. Moreover, the primitive mind doesn't address contradictions. The Western mind, by contrast, uses speculation and logic. ‘How Natives Think’ IS an accurate and valuable contribution to anthropology.

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