RELS 3714 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Natural Philosophy, Fallacy, Magic 8-Ball
7 Oct 2016
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Evans-pritchard was a bit different than those we"ve studied so far: made it his mission to fully engage with 2 different primitive societies a. i. Believed not enough anthropologists used participant observation: saw earlier theories of social evolution as flawed b. i. While darwin had evidence for physical evolution; b. ii. Evans-pritchard realized early suppositions about social evolution didn"t have any evidence for: b. ii. 1. Views on origin and development of religion: french sociology c. i. Evans-pritchard admired levy-bruhl, a colleague and critic of durkheim"s c. ii. Primitive thought isn"t lesser or more immature than ours, just different c. ii. 1. Don"t follow our rules of logical connection or law against contradiction: science can"t replace magic d. i. Among the natives: what is azande reason someone would be accused of witchcraft? a. i. Magic: belief that certain aspects of life can be controlled by mystical or supernatural powers a. ii. Plays magic 8 ball via poisoned chicken: similar to eliade"s approach b. i.
