Finally, one of the most common criticisms leveled at the nineteenth century evolutionists is that they were highly ethnocentric – they assumed that Victorian England, or its equivalent, represented the highest level of development for mankind. Primitive Marriage. Religion & Spirituality Podcasts. To apply the comparative method, the varieties of contemporary institutions are arranged in a sequence of increasing antiquity. Groups, both past and present, that are at the same level or stage of development were considered nearly identical. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion Barbarism and Religion: Volume 6, Barbarism: Triumph in the West eBook: Pocock, J. G. A.: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store [17] He reports an analysis of over 200 social studies that "high religiousness predicts a rather lower risk of depression and drug abuse and fewer suicide attempts, and more reports of satisfaction with life and a sense of well-being",[18] and a review of 498 studies published in peer-reviewed journals that "concluded that a large majority of these studies showed a positive correlation between religious commitment and higher levels of perceived well-being and self-esteem, and lower levels of hypertension, depression and clinical delinquency,[19][20] and similar results from the Handbook of Religion and Mental Health. The beginning of the twentieth century brought the end of evolutionism’s initial reign in cultural anthropology. Political Science Quarterly, 37:83-98. It was first published in 2006. AbeBooks.com: Barbarism and Religion: Volume 6, Barbarism: Triumph in the West (9781107464360) by Pocock, J. G. A. and a great selection of similar New, Used … Ancient Society or Researches in the Lines of Human Progress rom Savagery through Barbarism to Civilization. In short, a most damning criticism of this early social evolutionary approach is that as more data became available, the proposed sequences did not reflected the observations of professionally trained fieldworkers. Just as species were thought to evolve into increasing complex forms, so too were cultures thought to progress from  simple to complex states. Looking at the evidence from history, philosophy, sociology and psychology, Ward focuses on the main question at issue: does religion do more harm than good? Is it a force for evil?" Another notable A second criticism is for the use by Tylor, McLellan, and others of ‘recurrence’ – if a similar belief or custom could be found in different cultures in many parts of the world, then it was considered to be a valid clue for reconstructing the history of the development, spread, and contact among different  human societies. Barbarism: Triumph in the West. Like others, including Bachofen, McLellan postulated an original period of primitive promiscuity followed by matriarchy. Yes, we have changed since September 11, 2001. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de réduction . To study religion in the South, then, is to examine the influence of a dominant evangelical culture that has shaped the region’s social mores, religious minorities (including Catholicism, Judaism, and non-Christian immigrant religions), cultural forms, charged racial interactions, and political practices. The evolutionism of Tylor, Morgan, and others of the nineteenth century is rejected today largely because their theories cannot satisfactorily account for cultural variation. Frazer subsequently studied the value of superstition in the evolution of culture arguing that it strengthened respect for private property and for marriage, and contributed to the stricter observance of the rules of sexual morality. Hatch, Elvin 1973 Theories of Man and Culture. Author: J. G. A. Pocock, The Johns Hopkins University; Date Published: May 2015; availability: Available ; format: Hardback; isbn: 9781107091467; Rate & review £ 83.99 Hardback . Columbia University Press, New York. Frazer was an encyclopedic collector of data (although he never did any fieldwork himself), publishing dozens of volumes including one of anthropology’s most popular works, The Golden Bough. 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