Races and Peoples: Lectures on the Science of Ethnography (Classic Reprint)

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Contents - The mental differences of races. Ethnic psychology Cause of psychical development.

I. The associative elements. I. The Social Instincts sexual impulse; primitive marriage; conception of love; parental affection; filial and fraternal affection; friendship ancestral worship; the gens or clan; the tribe; personal loyalty; the social organization; systems of consanguinity; position of woman in the state; ethical standards; modesty. 2. Language: universality of primeval speech; rise of linguistic stocks; their number; grammatical structure; classes of languages; morphologic scheme; relation of language to thought Significance of language in ethnography. 3. Religion universality of early forms family and tribal religions; universal or world religions; ethnic study of relig ions; comparison of Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism; material and ideal religions; associative influences Of relig ions. 4. The Arts of Life: architecture; agriculture; domestication of animals inventions.

II. The dispersive elements: adaptability of man to sur roundings. I. The Migratory Instincts: love of roaming; early commerce; lines of traffic and migration. 2. The Combative Instincts: primitive condition of war; love of combat; its advantages; heroes; development through conflict.

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