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	Edward Burnett Tylor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (October 2, 1832–January 2, 1917), the English anthropologist, was born at Camberwell, London, the son of Joseph Tylor and Harriet Skipper.
		Alfred Tylor, the geologist, was an elder brother.
		Tylor's association with Christy greatly stimulated his awakening interest in anthropology, and his visit to Mexico, with its rich prehistoric remains, led him to make a systematic study of the science.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Burnett_Tylor (358 words)

	Department of Religious Studies
		Edward Burnett Tylor, one of the founders the modern academic discipline of Anthropology, belongs to a generation of academics known as the Intellectualists which includes Müller, Spencer, and Frazer, all of who helped pave the way for the modern academic study of religion.
		In 1875, Tylor received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University where he was keeper of the Oxford University Museum (1883) and Britain's first (indeed, the first in the English-speaking world) Professor of Anthropology (1896), until his retirement in 1909.
		The goal of anthropological study, for Tylor, was to develop a framework in which the evolution of culture could be explained and the nature of its origins understood.
	www.as.ua.edu /rel/aboutrelbiotylor.html (352 words)

	Edward Tylor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Sir Edward Burnett Tylor, an English Anthropologist, was born on October 2, 1832 in London, England.
		Early in 1858, Tylor was married to a girl by the name of Anna Fox, daughter of Sylvanus Fox of Wellington in Somerset.
		In 1883, Tylor became the head of the University Museum at Oxford and was a Professor of Anthropology from 1896 until 1909.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/tylor_edward.html (469 words)

	Marburg Journal of Religion (May 1997) Benson Saler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Thus, for example, Tylor's theorizing was motivated in significant measure by his disagreements with degenerationist theories of the religions of so-called "savages." He hoped to replace such views with an evolutionary, progressivist perspective on the development of human religiosity.
		Tylor's evolutionary account, as is well known, largely deals with the development of what he calls "the intellectual...side of religion" (1958 [1873, 1871], II:444-445), to the explicitly confessed near-neglect of other important aspects of religion.
		Tylor's confidence that he can understand the savage mind because it is essentially rational is the basis for his conviction that he can understand the continuity of human religiousness from the earliest times in which it affords a glimpse of itself.
	www.uni-marburg.de /religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/saler.html (1940 words)

	Animism
		The term is also the name of a theory of religion, proposed by the anthropologist Sir E.
		At the time that Tylor wrote, this theory was politically radical because it made the claim that non-Western peoples (viz., non-Christian heathens) in fact do have religion.
		Not only was he imposing a contemporary and Western view of religion (that it explains the inexplicable) on non-Western cultures; he was also telling the story of a progression from religion (which provides poor explanations) to science (which provides good explanations) (see cultural evolution).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Animism.html (272 words)

	Animism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The theory of Tylor (1832–1917), like the theories of J. Lubbock, H. Spencer, and J. Frazer, was an attempt to provide an evolutionary explanation of history of religion within cultural anthropology.
		According to Tylor this belief provided the basis for the gradual transformation of animism into manism, that is, ancestor worship (a belief in the protecting power of dead relatives); into fetishism (a belief in the presence of a superhuman force or power in certain objects, e.g.
		Tylor published his theory in 1871 in his two-volume work Primitive Culture in which for the first time he used the concept of animism to describe primitive beliefs (he took this description from G. Stahl’s Theoria medica vera, Hl 1737, where it meant a living substance).
	republika.pl /peenef2/angielski/hasla/a/animism.html (587 words)

	Patolli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tylor, "On the Game of Patolli in Ancient Mexico, and Its Probable Asiatic Origin" (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland) Vol.
		Tylor, "American Lot Games as Evidence of Asiatic Intercourse before the Time of Columbus" (Internationales Archie fur Ethnogrophie, Vol.
		For a critical evaluation of Tylor's method, see C. Erasmus, "Patolli, Pachisi, and the Limitation of Possibilities" (Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Vol.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patolli (647 words)

	PAR 103: E.B. Tylor and J.G. Frazer Reading
		Tylor further argues that the value of this animistic theory to primitive peoples is apparent from the great variety of early beliefs and customs it can readily explain.
		In words that closely resemble Tylor's, he explains that "savages" (like Tylor, he preferred this word for prehistorical peoples) always suppose that when two things can in some way be mentally associated--when to the mind they appear "sympathetic"--they must also be physically associated in the outside world.
		He points out that the main connections made by the sympathetic magician are basically of two types: imitative, the magic that connects things on the principle of similarity; and contagious, the magic of contact, which connects on the principle of attachment.
	people.uncw.edu /bergh/par103/L06RTylorAndFrazer.htm (2861 words)

	Edward Burnett Tylor biography at the Pitt Rivers Museum History, 1884 - 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Edward Burnett Tylor was born in 1832 and at the age of sixteen joined his family's brass foundry.
		Following two public lectures on anthropology at Oxford in 1882, Tylor was chosen as the new Keeper of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
		However, he certainly contributed to the study of anthropology at the University and he was also gave many donations to the Museum including the largest object in the Museum's collections, the totem pole from Masset which he donated in 1901.
	history.prm.ox.ac.uk /collector_tylor.html (880 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Religion
		The practical part comprises (1) the acts of homage whereby man acknowledges God's dominion and seeks His help and friendship, and (2) the extraordinary religious experiences viewed by the worshippers as manifestations of Divine good will.
		(1) The acts of homage may be distinguished into three classes: (a) the direct acts of worship; (b) the regulation of conduct outside the sphere of moral obligation; (c) the regulation of conduct within the recognized sphere of moral obligation.
		The Catholic Church has shown her wisdom by taking into her liturgy such of these elements as are the legitimate and dignified expression of religious feeling.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12738a.htm (10672 words)

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		Oplers labeling of Tylor as a "Cultural Darwinist" and a "philosophical idealist" resulted from reading too much Darwinian influence into Tylor in the case of the former label and a lack of consideration of the "the relevant philosophical contexts in which his thinking developed" for the latter.
		Initially, Burrows analysis of Tylor highlighted, in a somewhat general way, the highly significant role played by Tylor "in determining the direction taken by anthropological studies." Tylor, who focused on religion in primitive groups turned the tide of anthropology away from a preoccupation with legal institutions.
		Stockings more critical analysis of Tylor was more in line with his desire to refute the large influence of Darwin on Tylor and to deny the superior significance credited Tylor in the development of modern concepts of culture.
	www.vcdh.virginia.edu /afam/reflector/antro.html (3523 words)

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		b) natural, biological differences in ability, character and appearance by which groups of people are distinguished from others in the same social environment.
		b) is shaped by historical particularism and notions of progress.
		b) a term for the sound of a ceremonial bell that marks the death of a prominent chief in the Trobriand Islands
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	Divination (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		(b) But the Bible appears in some places to give its approval to some kinds of artificial or (as it may be called) ominal divination.
		(b) Rhabdomancy, or the use of the divining rod, referred to apparently in Hosea 4:12 (which may be paraphrased: "My people ask counsel of a bit of wood, and the rod made thereof answers their questions"); Ezekiel 8:17 ("They put a rod (EV "the branch") to their nose").
		Many anthropologists (Tylor, Frazer, etc.) and Old Testament scholars (Wellhausen, W. Robertson Smith, etc.) consider prophecy to be but an outgrowth and higher form of divination.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/2748 (3366 words)

	Animism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The word animism was used for the first time by E. Tylor (1832-1917) in his theory about.the origin of religion.
		Tylor's theory has met much opposition from cultural anthropologists and historians of religion.
		The word animism, however, continues to be used to point to those religions that do not belong to the large group of "world religions "—Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
	www.gameo.org /encyclopedia/contents/A54.html (389 words)

	Culture
		Culture refers to all those ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are socially transmitted from one generation to the next.
		b) Culture exists in the minds of individual human beings who have learned it in their past associations w/other human beings and who use it to guide their own continuing interaction w/other humans.
		b) It makes it possible to anticipate how others in our society are likely to respond to our actions.
	www.tomcravens.com /culture.html (368 words)

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		This article argues that the ethnographic concept of culture, in its claim to unmask the hidden logic of social animation, marked an uneasy and unresolved transition from theology to anthropology, from religion to the study of religion.
		Both Englishman E.B. Tylor and Lewis Henry Morgan, “the father of American anthropology,” relied on the authority of science and drew from the vocabularies of sympathy articulated in the Scottish Enlightenment.
		Culture, as Tylor and Morgan employed the concept, promised to disclose the secrets of secular life.
	www.haverford.edu /relg/faculty/jlardas/publications_review1.html (350 words)

	Animism
		The British anthropologist Sir Edward B. Tylor developed the concept of animism in the late 19th century.
		Tylor regarded animism as the most primitive stage in the evolution of religion.
		Although he developed no fixed evolutionary sequence, Tylor postulated that a belief in animism led to the definition of more generalized deities and, eventually, to the worship of a single god.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txn/animism.htm (214 words)

	Introduction to Archaeology (ANTH 110/310)
		b> transformations in a society's institutional structures are inevitably the result of alterations in basic economic foundations
		b> led to application of evolutionary concepts in archaeology which were almost universally accepted by the 1960 and continue to this day
		e> seeks to define laws and regularities in culture change and the emergence of sociopolitical complexity
	www.ku.edu /~hoopes/histevo.html (1494 words)

	Jim Deetz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Leaving aside the simple fact that behavior can be seen as a product of culture, regardless of the many definitions we choose to employ, such a perspective is a rejection of a century or more of thoughtful insight.
		Of the many definitions of culture put forth since E.B. Tylor, the one I prefer, and find most useful in my work, is that of Walter Taylor, in his 1948 Study of Archaeology.
		Taylor sees culture as a mental construct, not directly observable, but understandable through its various objectifications, be it ritual practice, social structure, or the m aterial world.
	www.virginia.edu /~anthro/deetz.html (550 words)

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		In the same year he married Georgine E. Upshur of Philadelphia who was studying for a M.S. degree at the New York School of Social Work.
		Edward B. Jelks, for example, was an archeologist who came to SMU with his wife the same year that Willis joined the SMU faculty.
		I am very grateful to his wife, Gene Willis, for her generous cooperation in the research for this paper and for her willingness to critique drafts.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /~psanday/willis.html (7953 words)

	Introduction to Anthropology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The main proponent of the theory of psychological functionalism was A) Franz Boas, B) Margaret Mead, C) Sigmund Freud, D) Bronislaw Malinowski, E) Barney.
		Cultural diffusion is based on the premise that A) cultures change, B) culture began in one area, C) culture is complex and multifaceted, D) cultures degrade after a period of time, E) all cultures are equal.
		The linguistic term which refers to the study of the basic units of sound in a language is A) phonology, B) morphology, C) syntax, D) semantics, E) grammar.
	www.lemoyne.edu /sociology_anthropology/101/ant101_results_4.htm (304 words)

	Department of Religious Studies
		The term is also sometimes used to describe non-intentional things, such as a "chemical agent," which nonetheless are thought to be able to cause certain outcomes.
		This term, and his theory of animism, was developed to help answer the question: "What is the origin of religion?" making Tylor an early example of a scholar developing a naturalistic theory of religion.
		Anthropology - [Greek anthropos, meaning human being + Greek logos, meaning the systematic study of] the modern, comparative and cross-cultural science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
	www.as.ua.edu /rel/aboutreldefinitions.html (5477 words)

	Nicole B. Hansen, PHD proposal, Continuity and Change of Reproductive Beliefs and Practices in Egypt from Ancient to ...
		Continuities of ancient Egyptian culture were first noted by the first modern decipherer of the hieroglyphic writing system, Champollion, who was able to identify hieroglyphic signs by comparison with objects still used in 19th century Egypt.
		However, E.B. Tylor was the first to articulate the anthropological concept of "survivals" (which he defined as anachronistic processes, customs and opinions which remained from an earlier time period in an otherwise changed, more-civilized society) in 1871.
		The only changes from the version approved by the Faculty of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations include minor editorial corrections, normalization of the typographical presentation of ancient names, and some small changes to accommodate the HTML encoding.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/DEPT/RA/DISPROP/hansen_diss.html (3726 words)

	Animism: Chaper XVII. Literature to Which Reference is Made in This Volume
		NIVEDITA (MARGARET E. NOBLE) and COOMARASWAMY, A. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists, New York, 1914.
		THURSTON, E., Omens and Superstitions of Southern India, New York, 1912.
		TYLOR, E. Primitive Culture, 2 vols., new ed., London, 1903.
	www.sacred-texts.com /sha/anim/anim19.htm (1071 words)

	James Deetz, Summary of Work & Publications
		If you are aware of an article or other publication that is not listed here, or can expand existing references, please email us the details, so we can add them to this compilation.
		Special thanks to William B. Lees and Kathryn Crabtree for revisions sent to us.
		In Experimental Archaeology, Daniel Ingersoll, John E. Yellen and William MacDonald, editors, pp.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /users/deetz/Plymouth/JDeetzmem3.html (2201 words)

	Reference Bibliography of George W. Stocking, Jr.
		There is, however, an essay on early French anthropology and several essays on Tylor.
		This first volume is on the 19th century history of British anthropology, focusing particularly on John Lubbock, Henry Maine, John McLennan, Herbert Spencer, and Edward B. Tylor.
		Prologue: Tylor and the Reformation of Anthropology (3-14)
	classes.yale.edu /02-03/anth500a/biblio_notes/BB_Stocking.htm (2022 words)

	Clack & Clack: Philosophy of Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Frazer were influenced both by Hume and by Darwin – where Darwin offered an evolutionary theory of species, these thinkers charted the evolution of cultures and religions.
		According to Tylor, we should view “primitive man” (whom he thought still existed in “savage” cultures of his day) as a kind of philosopher, attempting to explain strange phenomena in the best way possible to them.
		These turn out to be anthropomorphic, because such people understand how humans can make things happen, so they generalize and assume that strange events happening must be caused by beings like humans with beliefs and desires.
	spruce.flint.umich.edu /~simoncu/165/clack.htm (3109 words)

	Feinberg and Ottenheimer/The Cultural Analysis of Kinship. Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Televangelists and op ed columnists continue touting a connection between an alleged moral breakdown, the elimination of school prayer, loss of personal responsibility, a decline of marriage and the family as the cornerstone of social life, and a plethora of social ills.
		Although his notion of culture was narrower than that of most contextual relativists, he accepted the idea that cultural units should be understood in terms of their relationships to one another.
		This idea, however, is not particularly controversial and it appeared as early as Tylor's identification of culture as a "complex whole" (1871: 1).
	www.press.uillinois.edu /epub/books/feinberg/intro.html (10724 words)

	Washington University in St. Louis - Religious Studies Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The course pays special attention to the relation between Hindu religion and mythology and the wider cultural, social, and political contexts in which it has arisen and to which it has given shape; to questions of Hindu identity in India and America; and to relations between the Hindu majority of India and minority traditions.
		Theories considered will include those of E. Tylor, James Frazer, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Mircea Eliade, William James, Rudolf Otto, Max Weber, E. Evans-Pritchard, and Clifford Geertz.
		Readings will be a combination of original writings of these figures and secondary scholarship about their views on religion.
	www.artsci.wustl.edu /~relst/bauer.htm (488 words)

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