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Lucien Lévy-Bruhl was a French philosopher whose study of the psychology of primitive peoples gave anthropology a new approach to understanding irrational factors in social thought and primitive religion and mythology.
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Jan 16, 2008 · Primitive mentality. by. Lévy-Bruhl, Lucien, 1857-1939. Publication date. 1923. Topics. Primitive societies, Ethnopsychology, Primitive societies. Publisher. London, Allen & Unwin.
What Levy-Bruhl has stood for is the thesis that primitive ways of thought, no less than language, customs and institutions, are cul-turally determined. They are social phenomena. Primitive mentality, its notions and activities, are not to be explained in terms of our civilized thought, or in terms of individual psychology. It is oriented
Mar 25, 2021 · Primitive mentality. by. Lévy-Bruhl, Lucien, 1857-1939. Publication date. 1978. Topics. Ethnophilosophy, Religion, Ethnopsychology. Publisher. New York : AMS Press.
Reviews the book, Primitive Mentality by Lucien Levy-Bruhl (1923). This volume may be looked upon as an application of psychological principles to the study of ethnographic data. Professor Levy-Bruhl attempts an investigation of the character of the primitive mind as it is revealed and operates in the various activities of primitive peoples ...
The primitive mind does not differentiate the supernatural from reality but uses "mystical participation" to manipulate the world. According to Lévy-Bruhl, the primitive mind does not address contradictions. The modern mind, by contrast, uses reflection and logic.
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Oct 13, 2018 · The object of 'Primitive Mentality' rather is to show what causation means to primitives, and the inferences derived from their idea of it.” Lévy-Bruhl assimilates many reports from Christian missions in what he calls primitive societies.
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