1st Edition

Elements of Folk Psychology V7

By Wilhelm Wundt Copyright 2003

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    INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I PRIMITIVE MAN I. THE DISCOVERY OF PRIMITIVE MAN 2. THE CULTURE OF PRIMITIVE MAN IN ITS EXTERNAL EXPRESSIONS 3. THE ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY 4. PRIMITIVE SOCIETY 5. THE BEGINNINGS OF LANGUAGE 6. THE THINKING OF PRIMITIVE MAN 7. EARLIEST BELIEFS IN MAGIC AND DEMONS 8. THE BEGINNINGS OF ART 9. THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMITIVE 2. THE STAGES OF TOTEMIC CULTURE 3. TOTEMIC TRIBAL ORGANIZATION 4. THE ORIGIN OF EXOGAMY 5. MODES OF CONTRACTING MARRIAGE 6. THE CAUSES OF TOTEMIC EXOGAMY 7. THE FORMS OF POLYGAMY 8, THE DEVELOPUENTAL FORMS OF TOTEMISM 9. THE ORIGIN OF TOTEMIC IDEAS 10. THE LAWS OF TABOO II. SOUL BELIEFS OF THE TOTEMIC AGE 12. THE ORIGIN OF THE FETISH 13. THE ANIMAL ANCESTOR AND THE HUMAN ANCESTOR 14. THE TOTEMIC CULTS 15. THE ART OF THE TOTEMIC AGE 2. THE EXTERNAL CULTURE OF THE HEROIC AGE 3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL SOCIETY 4. FAMILY ORGANIZATION WITHIN POLITICAL SOCIETY 5. THE DIFFERENTIATION OF CLASSES 6. THE DIFFERENTIATION OF VOCATIONS 7. THE ORIGIN OF CITIES 8. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM 9. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PENAL LAW 10. THE DIFFERENTIATION OF LEGAL FUNCTIONS CONTENTS II. THE Origin OF GODS 12. THE HERO SAGA 13· COSMOGONIC AND THE COGONIC MYTHS 14· THE BELIEF IN SOULS AND IN A WORLD BEYOND 15. THE ORIGIN OF DEITY CULTS 16. THE FORMS OF CULT PRACTICES 17. THE ART OF THE HEROIC AGE CHAPTER IV THE DEVELOPMENT TO HUMANITY I. THE CONCEPT 'HUMANITY' 2. WORLD EMPIRES 3. WORLD CULTURE 4. WORLD RELIGIONS 5. WORLD HISTORY

    Biography

    Wilhelm Wundt