1st Edition
Man and Culture An Evaluation of the Work of Malinowski [1957]
302 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume is a reassessment of Malinowski's work by a group of his former pupils and colleagues. A frank evaluation, not a eulogy, it examines the real and lasting importance of Malinowski's contribution to a range of subjects.
Introduction: Malinowski as Scientist and as Man; The Concept of Culture in Malinowski's Work; Malinowski's Theory of Needs 1; Malinowski and the Theory of Social Systems; Malinowski's Contribution to Field-work Methods and the Writing of Ethnography; Ethnographic Analysis and Language with Reference to Malinowski's Views; The Epistemological Background to Malinowski's Empiricism; Malinowski's Theories of Law; Malinowski and the Study of Kinship 1; Malinowski on Magic and Religion; The Place of Malinowski in the History of Economic Anthropology 1; Malinowski and the Study of Social Change; Anthropology as Public Service and Malinowski's Contribution to it
Biography
Edited by Raymond Firth, Bronislaw Malinowksi