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University of North Carolina Press
Language
English
Pages
228

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Subjects
Anthropology, Culture, Functionalisme, Cultuur, Antropologie
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James George Frazer Sir (1854-1941)

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A scientific theory of culture: and other essays.
1965, University of North Carolina Press
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1960, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents

Preface by Huntington Cairns. v
A Scientific Theory of Culture (1941). 1
I. Culture as the Subject of Scientific Investigation Page 3
II. A Minimum Definition of Science for the Humanist Page 7
III. Concepts and Methods of Anthropology Page 15
IV. What is Culture? Page 36
V. Theory of Organized Behavior Page 43
VI. The Concrete Isolates of Organized Behavior Page 52
VII. The Functional Analysis of Culture Page 67
VIII. What is Human Nature? Page 75
IX. The Derivation of Cultural Needs Page 85
X. Basic Needs and Cultural Responses Page 91
XI. The Nature of Derived Needs Page 120
XII. The Integrative Imperatives of Human Culture Page 132
XIII. The Instrumentally Implemented Vital Sequence Page 137
The Functional Theory (1939). 145
Sir James George Frazer (1942). 177
Index. 223

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1944

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GN29 M3

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Preface
Huntington Cairns

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Hardcover
Pagination
ix, 228 p. ;
Number of pages
228
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8.5 x 5.75 x 0.8125 inches

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OL21691744M
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