Theory

Diffusionist

Pyschoanalytic

Historical
Particularism

Functionalist (societal)

Functionalist (individual)

Structuralist

Interpretivist

Contructivist

 

Evolutionist - exemplified by Edward Tylor (1832 - 1917)    

Edward Tylor
Tylor was a Quaker, with no formal university training, who traveled Mexico from 1855-56, began publishing his theories in 1871. In 1896 became the first professor of new field of anthropology at Oxford University. He asked two basic questions: What was the earliest forms of religion, i.e., the origins religion and why are there other forms of religion present, i.e., why is there diversity? Key points:

 

Theory

Diffusionist

Pyschoanalytic

Historical
Particularism

Functionalist (societal)

Functionalist (individual)

Structuralist

Interpretivist

Contructivist

 

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