Symbol and Theory

John Skorupski examines the difference between primitive and scientific modes of thought by distinguishing two broadly opposed approaches to the problem: the 'intellectualist' regards primitive systems of thought as cosmologies which emerge and persist as attempts to control the natural world; the 'symbolist' regards them as essentially representative or expressive of the pattern of social relations in the culture which they exist.Skorupski, John is the author of 'Symbol and Theory', published 1983 under ISBN 9780521272520 and ISBN 0521272521.