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The Origin of Civilization and the Primitive Condition of Man
work by Lubbock
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anthropological studies of religion
- In study of religion: Theories concerning the origins of religion
His book, The Origin of Civilization and the Primitive Condition of Man, outlined an evolutionary scheme, beginning with atheism (the absence of religious ideas) and continuing with fetishism, nature worship, and totemism (a system of belief involving the relationship of specific animals to clans), shamanism (a system…
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