Essays on Totem

In Prefatory Notes Freud speculates about the political systems of USSR, Italy, and German and concludes that abandoning of the religion, as it is in the Soviet Union, can lead to more freedom, including sexual one but this can be harmful to people because it leads to barbarism. On the other hand, Catholic Church in Italy does its best to protect culture along with other moral issues though it is the enemy of freedom of thought. Then the author speculates about contradictions between the Church and psychoanalysis that cannot exist together in peace. (Freud 89-92) Section I. 1 Historical ...

During his lifetime, Emile Durkheim was hailed as a famous French sociologist, psychologist and philosopher who, together with Karl Marx and Max Weber established the academic field we now know as social science. Durkheim published a number of seminal sociological works one of which was The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, which explained the origins of religion. Durkheim (1912) believes that religion "is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things”. Durkheim referred to sacred things as “apart and forbidden.” Beliefs and practices may also be considered as “sacred” and they help unite a community ...

Introduction

There are a number of influences that the Native Americans have contributed to the American society. The Native Americans have had a history that has shaped the lives of the American society to today. They used natural happenings and existent phenomena to define life and this was through animals, plants, the rain and even the sun. Therefore, the Native American society contributed to the current American society through the culture, through the political identifications and other economic activities.

Culture

The Native Americans were composed of the Indians. Their culture revolved around the daily lives and their beliefs in various happenings ...

Each and every region on the planet has its own traditions and customs; basically, in the other words – its own culture. There is no doubt that all of these aspects or elements of culture are based on the geographical area of the aboriginal people’s living. Nature plays the prominent role in the humanity’s life. Folklore is that specific type of literature, which people are passing from generation to generation through songs, visual art, tales, legends, ghost stories, etc. According to this, there are a number of scientists and researchers all over the world, who are highly interested ...