Edward Burnett Taylor
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Edward Burnett Taylor (1832-1917) was a British anthropologist who reintroduced the term animism (the faith in the individual soul or anima of all things, and natural manifestations) into common use[1]. He considered animism as the first phase of development of religions.
E. B. Taylor is considered representative of cultural evolutionism. In his works Primitive culture and Anthropology, Taylor has defined the context of scientific study of anthropology, based on evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin. He believed that there was a functional basis for the development of society and religion, which he determined was universal. He spent most of his career teaching at the University of Oxford.
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- Anahuac (1861)
- Researches into the Early History of Mankind (1865)
- Primitive Culture (1871)
- Anthropology (1881)
