Noun
a wild or unrefined state
a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
Source: WordNetHobbes' hard primitivism may have been as venerable as the tradition of soft primitivism, but his use of it was new. Source: Internet
For the distinction between "hard" and "soft" primitivism see A. O, Lovejoy and G. Boas, Primitivism and Related Ideas in Antiquity, Baltimore, I, 1935. Source: Internet
Meanwhile, in France, where those who criticized government or Church authority could be imprisoned without trial or hope of appeal, primitivism was used primarily as a way to protest the repressive rule of Louis XIV and XV, while avoiding censorship. Source: Internet
One view, termed "soft" primitivism in an illuminating book by Lovejoy and Boas, conceives of primitive life as a golden age of plenty, innocence, and happiness -- in other words, as civilized life purged of its vices. Source: Internet
His articles were frequently accompanied by long critiques by George Bradford (née David Watson ) or Bob Brubaker, who developed different versions of primitivism. Source: Internet
Neither Picasso 's fascination with African sculpture nor Mondrian 's reduction of painting to its most elementary component—the line—is comprehensible outside this concern with primitivism Adorno shared with the century's most radical art. Source: Internet