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Boivin & Cie, Paris [Published date: 1936]. Softcover, 306 pp; 23 cm. Text in French. No other printings listed. In acceptable+ condition. Printed wrappers show toning, foxing, staining, edgewear, and small chips; binding sound. Pages lightly toned but unmarked, with occasional small tears to edges. NOT Ex-Library. Cailliet explores the symbolic mentality of so-called primitive societies and its persistence into modern thought and art. Drawing on ethnopsychology and the theories of Lucien Levy-Bruhl, he examines symbolism as a universal mode of perception, tracing its development from ritual and myth into literary Symbolism and modern aesthetics. Contents include: L'horizon qui emprisonne; Le milieu de culture des symboles; Les symboles deracines; La vie cachee des symboles; Le mouvement symboliste; Conclusion generale.