Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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Page 158
... Psychological functionalism is linked to Bronislaw Malinowski ( 1884-1942 ) . For the psychological functional- ist , cultural institutions function to meet the basic physical and psychological needs of people in a society . Like Boas ...
... Psychological functionalism is linked to Bronislaw Malinowski ( 1884-1942 ) . For the psychological functional- ist , cultural institutions function to meet the basic physical and psychological needs of people in a society . Like Boas ...
Page 205
... psychological pattern rather than a collection of separate elements . This insight par- ticularly influenced the work of Ruth Fulton Bene- dict ( 1887-1948 ) , Margaret Mead ( 1901-1978 ) , and others , who focused on the psychological ...
... psychological pattern rather than a collection of separate elements . This insight par- ticularly influenced the work of Ruth Fulton Bene- dict ( 1887-1948 ) , Margaret Mead ( 1901-1978 ) , and others , who focused on the psychological ...
Page 209
... psychological type funda- mentally to be distinguished from that of sur- rounding regions . It goes deeper than the presence or the absence of ritualism ; ritualism itself is of a fundamentally different character within this area , and ...
... psychological type funda- mentally to be distinguished from that of sur- rounding regions . It goes deeper than the presence or the absence of ritualism ; ritualism itself is of a fundamentally different character within this area , and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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