Ghosts or Absence of Light? The Understanding of Shadows: A Contribution to the Understanding of the Ontogenetic and Historical Development of the Notions about Spatial Dimensions

Ethnography and historical disciplines report on different kinds of folk or premodern societies’ ideas and superstitions regarding shadows that are not to find among the collective representations of modern, industrial societies. Shadows were seen as material substances and as doubles of persons and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Anthropos 2019-01, Vol.114 (2), p.471-480
1. Verfasser:	Oesterdiekhoff, Georg W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Artikel Children Collective representation Cultural anthropology Cultural relativism Developmental psychology Ethnography Ethnology Historical development Humans Industrialized nations Material substances Older children Physics Psychological development Relativism Superstition Universalism
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