Personality and the cultural construction of society papers in honor of Melford E. Spiro

Psychological anthropology is a vital area of contemporary social science, and one of the field's most important and innovative thinkers is Melford E. Spiro. This volume brings together sixteen essays that review Spiro's theoretical insights and extend them into new areas. The essays cente...

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Other Authors: Jordan, David K., 1931- (-), Swartz, Marc J., Spiro, Melford E.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press 1990.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798327506719
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Summary:Psychological anthropology is a vital area of contemporary social science, and one of the field's most important and innovative thinkers is Melford E. Spiro. This volume brings together sixteen essays that review Spiro's theoretical insights and extend them into new areas. The essays center on several general problems: In what ways is it meaningful to speak of a social act as having ""functions""? What elements and processes of human personality are universal, and why? What is the relationship between religion and personality? Why?
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (416 pages)
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. 359-389.
ISBN:9780817384081