Patterns of Culture

图书标准信息

• 作者 Ruth Benedict 著
• 出版社 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• 出版时间 2005-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780618619559
• 定价 136.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Formorethanageneration,thispioneeringbookhasbeenanindispensableintroductiontothefieldofanthropology.Here,inherstudyofthreesharplycontrastingcultures,Benedictputsforwardherfamousthesisthatapeople'scultureisanintegratedwhole,a"personalitywritlarge".IncludesaprefacefromMargaretMead.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

【作者简介】

RUTHBENEDICT(1887-1948)wasoneofthetwentiethcentury'sforemostanthropologistsandhelpedtoshapethedisciplineintheUnitedStatesandaroundtheworld.BenedictwasastudentandlateracolleagueofFranzBoasatColumbia,whereshetaughtfrom1924.MargaretMeadwasoneofherstudents.Benedict'scontributionstothefieldofculturalanthropologyareoftencitedtoday.

【目录】

FOREWORD BY LOUISE LAMPHERE

PREFACE  BY  MARGARET  MEAD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION  BY  FRANZ  BOAS

THE SCIENCE OF CUSTOMCustom  and  behaviour  Thechild's  inheritance mOurfalse perspective m Confusion oflocal custom with 'HumanNature'Our blindness to other cultures mRace-prejudiceMan moulded by custom, not instinct 'Racial purity'adelusion m Reason for studying primitive peoples.THE DIVERSITY  OF CULTURES                                                                                                   .

The cup of life  The necessity for selection Adolescenceand puberty as treated in different societiesPeopleswhonever heard of warMarriage customsInterweaving ofcultural traitsGuardian  spirits and  visionsMarriageand theChurchThese associations social, not biologicallyinevitable.

THE INTEGRATION OF CULTUREAll standards of behaviourrelativePatterning of cultureWeakness of most anthropologicalworkThe view of

the whole  Spengler's 'Decline of the West'FaustianandApollonian manWestern civilization too intricate forstudy  Adtour via primitive tribes.THE PUEBLOS OF NEW MEXICOAn unspoiledeommunityZufii ceremonialPriests andmasked godsMedicine soeietiesAstrongly socializedculture- 'The middle road'Caring farther theGreekideal m Contrasting customs of the Plains Indians- Diony-sianfrenzies and visions m Drugs and alcoholThe Zufii'sdistrust ofexcess  Scorn for power and violence  Marriage,death, andmourning Fertility ceremoniesSex .ymbolism  'Man's onenesswith the universe' m The typical Apol-Ionian civilization.

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