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Indlæser... Continuities in cultural evolutionaf Margaret Mead
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. One of my Earlier Introductions to Anthropology/Ethnology, a subject I eventually majored at University. It was People Like Ms. Mead and this particular volume from a lecture Series that started me thinking about the subject seriously. In order to do that and make that type of paradigm shift in my thinking; it had to be pretty good. Mead's writing on culture, biology, and evolution demonstrates that contrary to claims of others, Mead favored an evolutionary approach throughout her career. Moreover, while Mead's book was a popular text and a bestseller, it was not a sacred text among anthropologists. The volume is a scientific book on what, in later years, Authors like Joseph Campbell would popularize with the lay media. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Belongs to SeriesDwight H. Terry Lectures (1957-1958)
Margaret Mead once said, "I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples--faraway peoples--so that Americans might better understand themselves." Continuities in Cultural Evolution is evidence of this devotion. All of Mead's efforts were intended to help others learn about themselves and work toward a more humane and socially responsible society. Scientist, writer, explorer, and teacher, Mead brought the serious work of anthropology into the public consciousness. This volume began as the Terry Lectures, given at Yale in 1957 and was not published until 1964, after extensive reworking. The time she spent on revision is evidence of the importance Mead attached to the subject: the need to develop a truly evolutionary vision of human culture and society. This was desirable in her eyes both in order to reinforce the historical dimension in our ideas about human culture, and to preserve the relevance of historical and cultural diversity to social, economic, and political action. Given the present state of academic and public discourse alike, this volume speaks to us in a language we badly need to recover. No library descriptions found. |
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