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Edward Burnett Tylor

About the Author

Edward Burnett Tylor (1832-1917) was a British anthropologist considered to be the founder of cultural evolutionism. He reintroduced the term animism—or, soul to the field. A powerful advocate of the unity of humanity across apparent divides of race and culture, Tylor was strongly influenced by Darwin in formulating his theory of an evolutionary relationship between so-called primitive and civilized cultures.

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