CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS III
3. INTRODUCTION: THE USES OF THE PRIMITIVE V
4. CONCERNING THE CONCEPT OF "PRIMITIVITY" 1
5. PRIMITIVE MAN AS METAPHYSICIAN 20
6. THINKER AND INTELLECTUAL IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETY 33
7. OJIBWA ONTOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND WORLD VIEW 49
8. THE WORLD OF THE KERESAN PUEBLO INDIANS 83
9. NAVAHO CATEGORIES 95
10. THE GOTR CEREMONY OF THE BORO GADABA 129
11. REFLECTIONS ON THE ONTOLOGY OF RICE 151
12. THE PRIMITIVE PRESENCE IN PRE-CLASSICAL GREECE 155
13. PLATO AND THE DEFINITION OF THE PRIMITIVE 170
14. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE MODERN COMMUNITY 194
15. NOTES 210