Enculturation | learning process | Britannica (original) (raw)

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comparison to education

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  In education: Prehistoric and primitive cultures
  …only in the sense of enculturation, which is the process of cultural transmission. A primitive person, whose culture is the totality of his universe, has a relatively fixed sense of cultural continuity and timelessness. The model of life is relatively static and absolute, and it is transmitted from one generation…
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part of myth rites

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  In myth: Relationships of transformation
  …logic of the system is revealed only at initiation, at which point the initiant, as an adult, becomes responsible for the proper observance of all the boundaries required by his society (e.g., among the Senufo of Africa, 58 figurines are presented to the initiant in a carefully prescribed order that…
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