Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict

Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict

This book was originally published in 1935. For some years past the scientific study of primitive peoples has experimented in a variety of directions for new methods of investigation. Criticism of the comparative method, of which Sir James Frazer is recognized as the foremost exponent all the world over, has been directed mainly against the fragmentary character of its evidence when torn from its context. In this book Dr Benedict offers an alternative method of approach. The aim of the investigator, she maintains, should be the discovery in the diversity of cultures of the 'configuration' of each - that is the cultural drive in group and individual which determines the characteristic reaction to stimulus in any and every situation in life.

Ruth Benedict (1887-1948) was an American anthropologist and professor of anthropology at Columbia University. She is most known for her work in bringing anthropology and folklore in the direction of theories of performance as a cultural interpretation. She is the author of several works, including The Guardian Spirit Idea, Patterns of Civilization, and Zuni Mythology.

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ISBN 13	9780367150037
ISBN 10	0367150034
Title	Patterns of Culture
Author	Ruth Benedict
Series	Routledge Revivals
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2020-12-07
Number of pages	212
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