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Primitive Man as a Philosopher [Paperback]

Paul Radin (Author), John Dewey (Foreword)

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Book Description

Publication Date: January 1957

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.

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Product Details

Paperback: 456 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; Revised, enlarged edition (January 1957)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486203921
ISBN-13: 978-0486203928
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,500,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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prestige hunting, speculation for its own sake, monotheistic tendencies, fasting experience, mysticism and symbolism

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New Zealand, British Columbia, Paul Radin, Western Europe, Elsdon Best, North America, American Indians, Winnebago Indian, Polynesian Society, Southeastern Africa, Medicine Dance, Ewe of West Africa, Oglala Dakota, God of Day, Die Religion, Percy Smith

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