ICR NO. 30 - THE ROLE OF 'PRIMITIVE' PEOPLE IN IDENTIFYING AND APPROACHING HUMAN PROBLEMS



Octagon Press, London

Even while living in caves, early human beings asked questions that went far beyond the mundane: Where are we going? Where did we come from? What forces shaped our universe? This monograph suggests it is this almost automatic connection between the concrete and symbolic part of a process of mind that enables us to approach problems in a unique way. This innate capacity of mind had and still has the effect of enabling human beings to adapt constantly to new surroundings. This is one of several selected monographs presented by the Institute for Cultural Research (London).