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Patterns of Culture

by Ruth Benedict
Patterns of Culture - Thryft
Patterns of Culture - Thryft
Patterns of Culture - Thryft
Patterns of Culture - Thryft
Patterns of Culture - Thryft
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Patterns of Culture

by Ruth Benedict
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Authors: Ruth Benedict
Publisher: The New American Library
Related Collections: Science, Sociology

Description

In this book Dr. Benedict compares three cultures dominated by cne ruling motivation. The Zuñi Indians of New Mexico are Apollonian in their sobriety and moderation, their love of ritual and their effacement of the individual before society. The Kwakiutls of Vancouver Island are in almost direct antithesis to the Zuñi with their Dionysian preference for individual rivalry and ecstasies; they have paranoid delusions of grandeur. While the Dobus of Melanesia–a race of Iagos, secretive, dour, prudish and treacherous–see life in terms of personal conflict with a harsh environment; they have a schizophrenic fear of nature and a morbid suspicion of their neighbors.

Published 1951, Mentor Book.

Ex library copy. Binding is loose and exposed in middle of book. Moderate creasing, some foxing and fraying on covers of book. A few tiny holes in back cover of book. Heavy tanning and foxing on edges of book. Streak of marker on bottom edge of book. Heavy fraying and creasing on spine. Sticker, sticker shadow, stamp and moderate foxing on insides of covers. Heavy foxing on certain pages.
 
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.