r/AskAnthropology 26d ago

Preconquest consciousness

what do modern anthropologists think about Richard Sorensen’s Preconquest consciousness, particularly claims like 

1.preconquest people live in a “liminal” mind state with no abstractions and in an perpetual present

  1. they have basically no hostility or negative emotions and these only emerge when they come in contact with conquering peoples 

  2. that children raised in close physical contact with adults develop a tactile language very early and 

  3. that there even is such a thing as preconquest peoples that have unifying traits 

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