William Graham Sumner, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1954 - 758 pages |
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Page 299
... taboo . " " A taboo is a form of avoidance or evasion of ill . The word taboo is not employed correctly except as applied to a religious sanctioned introduction and that when it is used as a secular ordinance it is mis- applied . Hence the ...
... taboo . " " A taboo is a form of avoidance or evasion of ill . The word taboo is not employed correctly except as applied to a religious sanctioned introduction and that when it is used as a secular ordinance it is mis- applied . Hence the ...
Page 300
... taboo is able to do in its function as an instrument of selection . It is clear ... that such selection is not often rational , " A course of action may be banned because of a dream , yet a great many of the taboos , whatever the ...
... taboo is able to do in its function as an instrument of selection . It is clear ... that such selection is not often rational , " A course of action may be banned because of a dream , yet a great many of the taboos , whatever the ...
Page 306
... taboo has wrought the institutions of industry , war , property , government , religion and These are the ... taboos connected with self - gratification are time taboos rather than prohibitions laid upon the practice itself , that is to ...
... taboo has wrought the institutions of industry , war , property , government , religion and These are the ... taboos connected with self - gratification are time taboos rather than prohibitions laid upon the practice itself , that is to ...
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