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This 8 page paper refers to The Science of Culture by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor and Lewis Henry Morgan's Ethnical Periods. Ideas about humanism and religion are discussed as well as each writer's style. The writings are compared and contrasted for organization, quality and content. No bibliography.
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but many questions loom over modern man and whether he is like his ancestors or a new animal. Do the people who now become involved in New Ageism really find
more than did those who lived long ago embracing primitive ideas? After all, much in the New Age movement, goes to old ideas. Religion does this too. Still, there are
antiquated religions and belief systems that have been discarded as unrealistic. Yet, is this really the case? Sir Edward Burnett Tylor and Lewis Henry Morgan address these questions and more
in their individual essays that look at culture through the ages. In "The Science of Culture" by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor the piece begins with a definition of culture but
quickly moves to more substantial territory, exploring things such as science and beliefs. In respect to scientists, he suggests that they believe that nothing can happen unless there is a
reason behind it. This is essentially a good observation of scientists and science that does not leave any room for non-scientific explanations for phenomena. Though he does not explicitly use
rhetoric to state that science is flawed exactly, Tylor uses sarcasm. He presents what scientists think in an attempt to display the ludicrous and limited nature of such thought. Many
who delve into esoteric and religious areas see science as limited while scientists do seem to see anything else as not based in reality. Perhaps that is Tylors point. He
goes on to say that studying human nature is quite different than anything scientists might contribute and explains: "To many educated minds there seems something presumptuous and repulsive in the
view that the history of mankind is part and parcel of the history of nature" (41). The suggestion is not humanistic by any means. There seems to be an outrage
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