Primitive thinking. Levy-Stross K., Levi-Brule L.

“The thinking of primitive people shows indifference, one might say, aversion to rational activity,” wrote an outstanding French philosopher, anthropologist and ethnologist Lucien Levi-Brule (1857-1939). “Invisible influences constantly occupy them,” he continues. -When failure occurs, one seems to be undoubted: a secret influence has come true. ” The worship of their leaders and their deification, etc.

of his research was continued by Claude Levy-Ogross (1908-2009)-the world famous French ethnographer, philosopher and culturologist, whose works are also presented in this book. He analyzed the specific forms of primitive thinking: in particular, symbolism connecting sensual images and abstract concepts. Levy-Strauss gives particular attention to totems, which allow primitive people to maintain the inviolability of traditions and faith by virtue of a kind.