The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1947. hardcover. 8vo 456pp. from Introduction: "In this book we propose to study the most primitive and simple religion which is actually known, to make an analysis of it, and to attempt an explanation of it. A religious system may be said to be the most primitive which we can observe when it fulfils the following conditions: in the first place, when it is found in a society whose organization is surpassed by no others in simplicity; and secondly, when it is possible to explain it without making use of any element borrowed from a previous religion." Book G: chip and tear at top of spine, mild shelf wear and soil to boards and spine, mild foxing to end papers. text clean, binding tight. Item #3201
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