Ruth Benedict : a humanist in anthropology / Margaret Mead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Columbia classics in anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948.

Benedict, Ruth.

Women anthropologists--United States--Biography.

Women anthropologists.

United States.

Culture.

Ethnopsychology.

Zuni Indians.

National characteristics, Japanese.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xli, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Thirtieth anniversary edition / with new forewords by Lois Banner and Nancy Lutkehaus.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2005]

Summary:

Margaret Mead-a friend, colleague, and onetime lover of Ruth Benedict's-discusses her writings, private life, and professional accomplishments and offers a deeply insightful portrait of one of the most compelling figures in twentieth-century American intellectual life. In this classic work, Mead defends and illuminates Benedict's groundbreaking humanistic approach to anthropology and her most important works.

Mead also presents Benedict's work in the context of her personal struggles. Benedict was a shy young woman, who felt alienated from the expectations of her conservative family and early twentieth-century American society. Ultimately, Benedict came to define her life through her extraordinary work in anthropology and a passionate belief that the discipline should speak to contemporary ethical and political questions. She was a staunch defender of intellectual freedom, an antifascist activist in the 1930s, and an analyst of culture in the Office of War Information during World War II.

This edition includes new forewords by two leading Benedict scholars, which address the relationship between Mead and Benedict and their place in contemporary anthropology.

Contents:

Ruth Benedict, A Humanist in Anthropology 1

Selected Papers 79

Configurations of Culture in North America 80

Magic 105

An Introduction to Zuni Mythology 115

Primitive Freedom 134

Self-Discipline in Japanese Culture 146

The Study of Cultural Patterns in European Nations 159

Anthropology and the Humanities 165.

Notes:

Originally published: 1974.

"Selected bibliography of the writings of Ruth Benedict": pages 177-180.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0231134908

0231134916

OCLC:

58043494