Among the Head-Hunters of Formosa. E-book. Formato PDF - 9780243686810
Un ebook di Janet B. Montgomery McGovern edito da Forgotten Books, 2017
- € 7.85
TO treat her as a goddess has always been ac counted a sure way of winning a lady's favour. To the cynic, therefore, it might seem. That Mrs. Mcgovern was bound to speak well of her head hunting friends oi the Formosan hills, seeing that they welcomed her With a respect that bordered on veneration. But of other head-hunters, hailing, say, from Borneo or from Assam, anthropologists have reported no less well, and that though the investigators were accorded no divine' honours. The key to a just estimate of savage morality is knowledge of all the conditions. A custom that considered in itself is decidedly revolting may, on further acquaintance with the state of culture as a whole, turn out to be, if not praiseworthy, at least a drawback incidental to a normal phase of the ruder life of mankind.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo: Among the Head-Hunters of Formosa. E-book. Formato PDF
- Autore: Janet B. Montgomery McGovern
- Editore: Forgotten Books
- Data di Pubblicazione: 27 Ottobre '17
- Formato: PDF
- Protezione: nessuna
- ISBN-13: 9780243686810
