WebSir Edward Burnett Tylor, (born Oct. 2, 1832, London—died Jan. 2, 1917, Wellington, Somerset, Eng.), English anthropologist regarded as the founder of cultural anthropology. His most important work, Primitive Culture (1871), influenced in part by Darwin’s theory of biological evolution, developed the theory of an evolutionary, progressive relationship …

WebEdward Burnett Tylor (Londres, Inglaterra; 2 de octubre de 1832 – Somerset, 2 de enero de 1917) fue un pionero en la antropología que en 1871 definió el concepto de cultura como «el conjunto complejo que incluye conocimiento, creencias, arte, moral, ley, costumbre, y otras capacidades y hábitos adquiridos por el hombre como miembros de ...

WebSir Edward Burnett Tylor FRAI (2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917) was an English anthropologist, and professor of anthropology.. Tylor's ideas typify 19th-century cultural evolutionism.In his works Primitive Culture (1871) and Anthropology (1881), he defined the context of the scientific study of anthropology, based on the evolutionary theories of …

WebSir James George Frazer OM FRS FRSE FBA (/ ˈ f r eɪ z ər /; 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.

WebEdward Burnett Tylor. Edward Burnett Tylor (Londra, 2 ottobre 1832 – Wellington, 2 gennaio 1917) è stato un antropologo britannico.Egli è vissuto e ha compiuto le sue ricerche durante l'epoca d'oro dell'Inghilterra vittoriana, epoca caratterizzata da notevole sviluppo socio-economico, militare e coloniale oltre che da un clima di crescente fiducia nel …

WebSir Edward Burnett Tylor (ur. 2 października 1832, zm. 2 stycznia 1917) – angielski archeolog, antropolog i etnolog, przedstawiciel i pionier antropologii kulturowej, od 1871 członek Royal Society, w latach 1896–1909 profesor antropologii społecznej Balliol College w Oksfordzie. W 1912 roku otrzymał tytuł szlachecki za swój dorobek ...

WebOther articles where Primitive Culture is discussed: Sir Edward Burnett Tylor: Tylor’s concept of progressive development: …chiefly upon the publication of Primitive Culture. In it he again traced a progressive development from a savage to a civilized state and pictured primitive man as an early philosopher applying his reason to explain events in the human …

WebTotem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics, or Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics, (German: Totem und Tabu: Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker) is a 1913 book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of …

WebThe Légion d'Honneur was awarded to 746 members of the British Armed Forces during the Crimean War (also known as the Russian War) which lasted from 1854 to 1856. Prior to the Crimean War there was no precedent of a mass exchange of awards between allied nations. However, in January 1856 Queen Victoria and the Emperor of France formally agreed to …

WebLeslie A. White, in full Leslie Alvin White, (born Jan. 19, 1900, Salida, Colo., U.S.—died March 31, 1975, Lone Pine, Calif.), American anthropologist best known for his theories of the evolution of culture and for the scientific study of culture that he called “culturology.” After serving in the U.S. Navy, White entered Louisiana State University, but after two years he …