Man and his History in the Evolutionary Approach: The Theory and Sources of the Rudimentary Symptoms of Julian Ochorowicz
Volume 22, Issue 31 (2022): Lietuvos etnologija:socialinės antropologijos ir etnologijos studijos, pp. 13–31
Pub. online: 1 January 2023
Type: Article
Open Access
Published
1 January 2023
1 January 2023
Abstract
The aim of this contribution is to explore Julian Ochorowicz’s theory of rudimentary symptoms, a proposition largely based on psychological concepts, balancing between the latest findings in evolutionary biology and anthropology, and exploring the development of man and his history. This concept sought to align the reflection of human nature and culture by introducing a psychological input (the concept of subliminal traditions). The author analyses and reintroduces this concept, somewhat forgotten by researchers, that may have functioned as a bridge, both between evolutionary biology and anthropology, and Polish and West European scientific thought at that time.