How Natives Think by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
An early 20th-century anthropological treatise that argues so-called “primitive” societies think through a prelogical, participatory mode rooted in communal beliefs and mystical connections, rather than in strictly causal, analytical reasoning. Drawing on travelers’ and missionaries’ accounts, it claims such thought tolerates contradictions and is governed by collective representations, contrasting it with Western rationality. While later criticized for ethnocentrism and methodological flaws, it remains influential for framing debates about cultural relativism, cognition, and the diversity of human reasoning.
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- 1910
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- Alternate Titles
- - Les fonctions mentales dans les sociétés inférieures
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