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Primitive mentality

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The primitive mind does not differentiate the supernatural from reality, but rather uses 'mystical participation' to manipulate the world.

According to Bruhl, moreover, the primitive mind doesn't address contradictions.

The modern mind, by contrast, uses reflection and logic.

Bruhl believed in a historical and evolutionary teleology leading from the primitive mind to the modern mind.

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AMS Press
1351346970 / 9781351346979
eBook (EPUB)
155.81
17/01/2018
English
458 pages
Copy: 30%; print: 30%
Reprint. Translation of La mentalitâe primitive Reprint of the 1923 ed. published by Macmillan, New York Derived record based on unviewed print version record.