PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I ON THE DIFFERENTIATION OF MAN FROM THE ANTHROPOIDS 1. The Hypothesis

CHAPTER II ON THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE HUMAN FROM THE

CHAPTER III BELIEF AND SUPERSTITION 1. Superstition

CHAPTER IV MAGIC

CHAPTER V ANIMISM 1. What is Animism?

CHAPTER VI THE RELATIONS BETWEEN MAGIC AND ANIMISM 1. The Question of Priority

CHAPTER VII OMENS 1. The Prevalence of Omens

CHAPTER VIII THE MIND OF THE WIZARD 1. The Rise and Fall of Wizardry

CHAPTER IX TOTEMISM 1. Meaning and Scope of Totemism

CHAPTER X MAGIC AND SCIENCE 1. Their Common Ground

INDEX

FOOTNOTES:

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THE ORIGIN OF MAN AND OF
HIS SUPERSTITIONS

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THE ORIGIN OF MAN
AND OF HIS SUPERSTITIONS

BY
CARVETH READ, M.A.

LECTURER ON COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY (FORMERLY GROTE PROFESSOR
OF PHILOSOPHY) IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON

CAMBRIDGE
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1920

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