ANTH 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11, 12: Clifford Geertz, Sympathetic Magic, Yorkshire Carnegie
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Edward b. tylor, religion had to do with belief in spiritual beings. Religion was based on a fundamental error in thinking. People in all societies had dreams, but primitive people had misinterpreted their dreams as reality. Animism: the belief that inanimate objects such as trees, rocks, cliffs, hills and rivers were animated by spiritual forces or beings. As societies evolved and became more complex, the supernatural beings they believed in became more complex as well. Wallace, religious changes can be observed by supernatural beings, powers, and forces. Rituals: stylized performances involving symbols that are associated with social, political, and religious activities. Beliefs and rituals concerned with supernatural beings, powers, and forces. This belief doesn"t explain why religious beliefs are changing. Clifford geertz, religion was a cultural system, or a system of symbols. A system of symbols which seem intensely real and factual. Worldview: set of unquestioned assumptions about the world and how it works.
