An edition of The psychology of culture (1993)

The psychology of culture

a course of lectures

2nd ed. with introduction by the editor.

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An edition of The psychology of culture (1993)

The psychology of culture

a course of lectures

2nd ed. with introduction by the editor.

This work presents Sapir's most comprehensive statement on the concept of culture, on method and theory in anthropology and other social sciences, on personality organization, and on the individual's place in culture and society.

Extensive discussions of the role of language and other symbolic systems in culture, ethnographic method, and social interaction are also included. Ethnographic and linguistic examples are drawn from Sapir's fieldwork among North American Indians and from European and American society as well.

Edward Sapir (1884-1939) was one of the leading figures in American anthropology and linguistics in the twentieth century, and he planned to publish a major theoretical statement on culture and psychology. He developed his ideas in a course of lectures he presented at Yale University in the 1930s, which attracted a wide audience from many social science disciplines. Unfortunately, he died before the book he had contracted to publish could be realized.

Like de Saussure's Cours de Linguistique Generale before it, this work has been reconstructed from student notes, in this case 22 sets, as well as from Sapir's manuscript materials. Judith Irvine's meticulous reconstruction makes Sapir's compelling ideas - of surprisingly contemporary resonanceavailable for the first time.

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Mouton de Gruyter
Language
English
Pages
266

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The psychology of culture: a course of lectures
2002, Mouton de Gruyter
in English - 2nd ed. with introduction by the editor.
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The psychology of culture: a course of lectures
1994, M. de Gruyter
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The Psychology of Culture: A Course of Lectures
November 1993, Mouton de Gruyter
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Edition Notes

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

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Berlin, Hawthorne, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306
Library of Congress
GN506 .S26 2002, GN506.S26 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiii, 266 p. ;
Number of pages
266

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Open Library
OL3955436M
Internet Archive
psychologyofcult0000sapi
ISBN 10
3110172828
LCCN
2001056256
Library Thing
1917754
Goodreads
1392330

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