Primitive Mythology (the Masks of God, Volume 1)
Primitive Mythology (the Masks of God, Volume 1)

Author: Joseph Campbell

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781608687251

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"In the first of a four-volume series, a noted mythologist traces the historical evolution of mythology throughout the world, from early tribal societies to the first urban civilizations of the ancient near east. This updated edition includes annotations that incorporate recent discoveries in anthropology and archaeology"--

Sick Societies
Sick Societies

Author: Robert B. Edgerton

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-06-15

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 1451602324

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Author and scholar Robert Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent societies were cruel, confused, and misled.

The Reinvention of Primitive Society
The Reinvention of Primitive Society

Author: Adam Kuper

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-02-17

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1351852965

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Adam Kuper’s iconoclastic intellectual history argues that the idea of “primitive society” is a western myth. The “primitive” is imagined as the opposite of the “civilised”. But this is a protean myth. As ideas about civilisation change, so the image of primitive society must be adjusted. By way of fascinating account of classic texts in anthropology, ancient history and law, Kuper reveals how this myth underpinned academic research and inspired political programmes. Its ancestry is traced back to classical western beliefs about barbarians and savages, and Kuper also tackles the latest version of the myth, the idea of a global identity of “indigenous peoples”. The Reinvention of Primitive Society is a key text in the history of anthropology, and will interest anyone who has puzzled about the very idea of “primitive society” – and so, by implication, about “civilisation”.