The Father in Primitive Psychology and Myth in Primitive Psychology: [1927]

by Malinowski

Overview

This volume investigates ideas, beliefs and sentiments in relation to social organization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415606493
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/10/2010
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bronislaw Malinowski Reader in Social Anthropology in the University of London, Author of “Myth in Primitive Psychology”, etc.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Kinship and Descent in a Matrilineal Society; Chapter 2 The Male and Female Organism and the Sexual Impulse in Native Belief; Chapter 3 Reincarnation and the Way to Life from the Spirit World; Chapter 4 The Ignorance of Physiological Paternity; Chapter 5 Words and Deeds in Testimony; Chapter 6 Fatherless Children in a Matrilineal Society; Chapter 7 The Singular Claims of Sociological Paternity; p2_ Chapter 1 The Role of Myth in Life; p2_ Chapter 2 Myths of Origin; p2_ Chapter 3 Myths of Death and of the Recurrent Cycle of Life; p2_ Chapter 4 Myths of Magic; p2_ Chapter 5 Conclusion;