1.) To say that "the mind works through form" means that everything we take in comes in a different form. For example, in the book, it says that any experience is received through a structured form.
2.) I disagree with Claude Levi-Strauss when they say that the way the mind works hasn't changed over history. I believe that our mind works the same way in some senses like with our emotions, but hundreds of years ago, our ancestors saw an animal and thought to hunt it, and obviously MOST people don't think that way anymore.
3.) Claude Levi-Strauss believes that everything comes in form into the mind, and that the form comes in pairs of opposites but I really don't understand why this statement is made.
4.) Separate units have no meaning in language because there are no polar opposites. In our society we usually speak using opposites like hot and cold or light and dark. We hardly ever use separate units because there's nothing for it to compare to.
5.) It is the way they are assembled that is crucial because "in both language and myths, the separate units have no meanings". So if we are told a myth assembled with separate units, it will be harder to pass down from generation to generation since we have no meanings for separate units in our language.
4.) Separate units have no meaning in language because there are no polar opposites. In our society we usually speak using opposites like hot and cold or light and dark. We hardly ever use separate units because there's nothing for it to compare to.
5.) It is the way they are assembled that is crucial because "in both language and myths, the separate units have no meanings". So if we are told a myth assembled with separate units, it will be harder to pass down from generation to generation since we have no meanings for separate units in our language.
6.) Structuralism has the structural principle that society comes before individuals.
Chapter 8: Questions for Discussion and Further Research
1.) E.B. Tyler explained culture as "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society." So, he pretty much gives the basic definition of culture as anyone else would describe it.
2.) The only thing I would probably add is religion, because most people in the same culture practice the same religion. Other than that, I think Tyler explains culture pretty well.
3.) We know this because our unconscious is based on our unconscious and anthropologists can study this as long as the analysis is carried on long enough since it is all pretty much the same for all minds, all the way back to ancient times.
4.) He argues this because even though there may be different cultures, our minds still work the same way. Our unconscious is still based on what our conscious is and it is all the same "ancient and modern, primitive and civilized".
5.) We are all made the same way, even though we are in different cultures, our minds still work the same way. Yes, the way we think may have changed a little but the way our brains work has not changed.
6.) Collective phenomena can be unconscious because it is affected by the conscious. For example, language we learn at such a young age because we learn from our parents or anyone else who surrounds us at a young age, but it's through osmosis that we really learn the rules for speaking so it is all done unconsciously.
Chapter 8: Questions for Discussion and Further Research
1.) E.B. Tyler explained culture as "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society." So, he pretty much gives the basic definition of culture as anyone else would describe it.
2.) The only thing I would probably add is religion, because most people in the same culture practice the same religion. Other than that, I think Tyler explains culture pretty well.
3.) We know this because our unconscious is based on our unconscious and anthropologists can study this as long as the analysis is carried on long enough since it is all pretty much the same for all minds, all the way back to ancient times.
4.) He argues this because even though there may be different cultures, our minds still work the same way. Our unconscious is still based on what our conscious is and it is all the same "ancient and modern, primitive and civilized".
5.) We are all made the same way, even though we are in different cultures, our minds still work the same way. Yes, the way we think may have changed a little but the way our brains work has not changed.
6.) Collective phenomena can be unconscious because it is affected by the conscious. For example, language we learn at such a young age because we learn from our parents or anyone else who surrounds us at a young age, but it's through osmosis that we really learn the rules for speaking so it is all done unconsciously.
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