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Edition · 2019-01-25 · Softcover

Revival: How Natives Think (1926)

LLLucien Lévy-Bruhl
2019
year of publication
392
pages
English (United States)
language
Softcover
cover
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-13
978-11-3856-785-6
EAN
9781138567856
Publication date
2019-01-25
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Revival: How Natives Think (1926) · 1 edition
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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.