Egalitarian Societies

"Why do people believe that their ancestors were wolves, onions, moons, or even ordinary inanimate objects? Why are plants, animals, celestial bodies, etc. personified? Why do Tikopians burn their blankets, why do Australian spolia men inflict severe wounds on their genitals and other parts of their bodies? A man touching a woman's basket Why are women banned from touching a man's bow? Why do capitalists worship snow? Why do people beat their backs with chains? Why are some animals and plants forbidden to be eaten? You think they were born with these beliefs. They carry out their actions according to beliefs that they have no doubt are reality itself, they organize in accordance with it, and they live accordingly. We face two problems: First, how do ideas that become internalized as beliefs arise in the human mind; second, how do these ideas become internalized in the person? "They establish the subjectivity of emotional existence?"



Number of Pages: 403

Year of Printing: 2000


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Belge Publications

First Print Year: 2000

Number of Pages: 403

Language Turkish