Godless Savages and Superstitious Dogs: Charles Darwin, Imperial Ethnography, and the Problem of Human Uniqueness

, This essay provides a comprehensive overview of Charles Darwin's evolutionary theorizing about the natural origins of religion. More specifically, it argues that Darwin's commitment to locating elementary forms of the religious life in non-human animals was informed by his desire to seve...

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Main Author: Day, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2008
In: Journal of the history of ideas
Year: 2008, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-70
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