The psychology of culture : a course of lectures / Edward Sapir ; reconstructed and edited by Judith T. Irvine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939.

Contributor:

Irvine, Judith T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Ethnopsychology.

Personality and culture.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 266 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition / with a new introduction by the editor.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, [2002]

Contents:

Part I The Concept of Culture

1. The Term "Culture": Three uses of the term; culture as selection and value 23

2. The Concept of Culture in the Social Sciences: "Cultural" vs. "social"; methodological and epistemological problems in the social sciences in general, and anthropology in particular 40

3. Causes of Culture: To what extent do factors such as race, geography, psychology, and economy influence cultural form? 64

4. Elements of Culture: The contents of culture: trait inventory vs. functional pattern 84

5. The Patterning of Culture: The configurative point of view; language as example of patterning; an ethnographic example: the Nootka topati - a concept of 'privilege' 103

6. The Development of Culture: Concepts of progress and change; technological, moral, and aesthetic processes; developmental cycles 124

Part II The Individual's Place in Culture

7. Personality: The individual as bearer of culture; definitions of personality; the psychiatric approach 139

8. Psychological Types: A review and critique of Jung 152

9. Psychological Aspects of Culture: The difficulty of delimiting a boundary between personality and culture; attitudes, values, and symbolic structures as cultural patterns; culture as "as-if" psychology; a critique of Benedict and Mead 175

10. The Adjustment of the Individual in Society: Individual adjustment and neurosis; adjustment to changing social conditions; socialization; can there be a true science of man? the emergence of culture in interpersonal relations 191

11. The Concept of "Primitive Mentality" Critiques of Freud, Levy-Bruhl, and Malinowski; the importance of aesthetic imagination as the form-giver of culture 208

Part III Symbolic Structures and Experience (1933-34)

12. Symbolism: Types of symbols; symbols and signs; speech as a symbolic system; symbolism and social psychology; etiquette 219

13. The Impact of Culture on Personality: The field of "Culture and Personality"; concluding remarks 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-253) and index.

ISBN:

3110172828

OCLC:

48429082