Question

Which of the following is the best paraphrase of the sentence “fetish is simply primitive science”

Answer 1

From the give paragraph, it is likely to conclude that the best paraphrase for the statement ‘Fetish is a primitive science’ is – ‘Fetish and Superstition are primitive’.

It is given in the paragraph that primitive humans were not very critical about their associations and effects but just had a belief of a connected effect to an action. This system of ‘cause and effect’ was called as Fetish in the primitive minds. Therefore, Fetish was considered as simple primitive science. It differed from the modern science in being unsystematic, uncritical and frequently wrong.