Crime and Custom in Savage Society

by Bronislaw Malinowski

Overview

The author discusses aspects of savagery, including primitive economics, the study of the mental processes of savages, and primitive law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781774647363
Publisher:	Rare Treasure Editions
Publication date:	04/05/2024
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
File size:	106 KB

About the Author

Russell Smith, Bronislaw Malinowski

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction to the Transaction Edition Introduction PART I.Primitive Law and Order 1The Automatic Submission to Custom and the Real Problem 2Melanesian Economics and the Theory of Primitive Communism 3The Binding Force of Economic Obligations 4Reciprocity and Dual Organization 5Law, Self-interest, and Social Ambition 6The Rules of Law in Religious Acts 7The Law of Marriage 8The Principle of Give-and-take Pervading Tribal Life

Editorial Reviews

Now and then a book is written which cuts mercilessly through an accumulation of traditional conceptions and by the light of overlooked or misinterpreted facts and common sense shows us how absurd the orthodox ideas have really been. Such a book is this volume of Dr. Malinowski's, which brilliantly, concisely, and in non-technical language demonstrates how very wrong and indeed impossible are the currently accepted views of some of the fundamentals of savage life.

Saturday Review

Now and then a book is written which cuts mercilessly through an accumulation of traditional conceptions and by the light of overlooked or misinterpreted facts and common sense shows us how absurd the orthodox ideas have really been. Such a book is this volume of Dr. Malinowski's, which brilliantly, concisely, and in non-technical language demonstrates how very wrong and indeed impossible are the currently accepted views of some of the fundamentals of savage life.--Saturday Review

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