Problem ateizmu pierwotnych plemion w świetle badań etnologicznych

Abstract

The article presents a historical outline of the treatment of problems of atheism among primitive tribes in the light of ethnological studies. The survey of these studies included the tribes inhabiting Ceylon, the basin of the Nile, South America, and Sumatra. The author provides information about the literature available on the subject and about its basic contents. The literature points out, among other things, the fact that the treatment does not have the features of a systematized theory; rather the problem is the object of ethnographic speculations in the area of investigating the manifestations of primitive culture.