Elements of Folk Psychology : Outlines of a Psychological History of the Development of Mainkind 2 VOLS. - Hardcover

Book Summary of Elements Of Folk Psychology It offers outlines of a psychological history of the development of mankind. A descriptive account of human development, it deals with the forms of original tribal organizations, consummation of marriage, soul, demon and totem cults, and various phenomena of somewhat primitive culture. On the other hand, it describes in barest outlines the social movements that reach over the historical times, such as the founding of states and cities, the origin of legal systems, and the like. The study relies largely on suppositions and hypotheses, nevertheless, the conjectured process moves on the factual plane from the beginning to the end. About the Author Wilhelm Wundt, is known as the Father of Experimental Psychology and Founder of modern Psychology. Table of Contents Volume 1: TRANSLATORS PREFACE PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER THE DISCOVERY OF PRIMITIVE MAN THE CULTURE OF PRIMITIVE MAN IN ITS EXTERNAL EXPRESSION THE ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY PRIMITIVE SOCIETY THE BEGINNINGS OF LANGUAGE THE THINKING OF PRIMITIVE MAN EARLIEST BELIEFS IN MAGIC AND DEMONS THE BEGINNINGS OF ART THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMITIVE MAN THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF TOTEMISM THE STAGES OF TOTEMIC CULTURE TOTEMIC TRIBAL ORGANIZATION THE ORIGIN OF EXOGAMY MODES OF CONTRACTING MARRIAGE THE CAUSES OF TOTEMIC EXOGAMY THE FORMS OF POLYGAMY THE DEVELOPMENTAL FORMS OF TOTEMISM THE ORIGIN OF TOTEMIC IDEAS THE LAWS OF TABOO SOUL BELIEFS OF THE TOTEMIC AGE THE ORIGIN OF THE FETISH THE ANIMAL ANCESTOR AND THE HUMAN ANCESTOR THE TOTEMIC CULTS THE ART OF THE TOTEMIC AGE. GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE HEROIC AGE THE EXTERNAL CULTURE OF THE HEROIC AGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL SOCIETY FAMILY ORGANIZATION....