
Patterns of Culture
Ruth Benedict(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 5. June 2019
Book
Hardback
212 pages
978-0-367-15002-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book was originally published in 1935. For some years past the scientific study of primitive peoples has experimented in a variety of directions for new methods of investigation. Criticism of the comparative method, of which Sir James Frazer is recognized as the foremost exponent all the world over, has been directed mainly against the fragmentary character of its evidence when torn from its context.
In this book Dr Benedict offers an alternative method of approach. The aim of the investigator, she maintains, should be the discovery in the diversity of cultures of the 'configuration' of each - that is the cultural drive in group and individual which determines the characteristic reaction to stimulus in any and every situation in life.
In this book Dr Benedict offers an alternative method of approach. The aim of the investigator, she maintains, should be the discovery in the diversity of cultures of the 'configuration' of each - that is the cultural drive in group and individual which determines the characteristic reaction to stimulus in any and every situation in life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-15002-0 (9780367150020)
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Person
Ruth Benedict
Content
1. The Science of Custom. 2. The Diversity of Cultures. 3. The Integration of Culture. 4. The Pueblos of New Mexico. 5. Dobu. 6. The North-West Coast of America. 7. The Nature of Society. 8. The Individual and the Pattern of Culture.