A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays

A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays
Author: Bronislaw Malinowski
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1473393159

This vintage text contains three essays by Bronislaw Malinowski on the theory of functionalism. The first essay stipulates that anthropology can be viewed in a scientific manner, and offers insights into culture, human nature, and the ideal object of study. The other essays in this collection further explore functionalism and analyse the work and influence of Sir James Frazer on the field of anthropology. This book is highly recommended for those with an interest in the development of anthropology, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. The sections of this text include: "Culture as the Subject of Scientific Investigation", "A Minimum Definition of Science for the Humanist", "Concepts and Methods of Anthropology", "What is Culture?", "Theory of Organised Behaviour", "The Concrete Isolates of Organized Behaviour", etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Science and Culture, and Other Essays

Science and Culture, and Other Essays
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2021-05-19
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This insightful work presents the collected essays of Thomas Henry Huxley. He was a renowned English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He was popularly known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for supporting Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. In addition, Huxley is famous for coining the term "agnosticism" and elaborated on it to state the nature of claims regarding what is knowable and what is not. This collection of his addresses, lectures, and essays is a must-read for anyone curious about evolution theory and biology. Contents include: Science and Culture Universities: Actual and Ideal Technical Education Elementary Instruction in Physiology Joseph Priestley On the Method of Zadig On the Border Territory Between the Animal and the Vegetable Kingdoms On Certain Errors Respecting the Structure of the Heart Attributed to Aristotle On the Hypothesis That Animals Are Automata, and Its History On Sensation and the Unity of Structure of the Sensiferous Organs Evolution in Biology The Coming of Age of "the Origin of Species" The Connection of the Biological Sciences With Medicine

Towards a Scientific Theory of Culture

Towards a Scientific Theory of Culture
Author: Oscar Fernández
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2012-01-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1466911816

This book is a elaborated research about one of the most important Anthropologist in the history of the discipline, who initialized the modern Anthropology: Bronislaw Malinowski. This Social Scientist, with his methodological innovations, became one of the proponents of the 20th century transformation of speculative anthropology into the modern Science of Humanity and the master who trained an entire generation of anthropologists whose studies and theories dominated the academic world until the second half of the 20th century.

A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays

A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays
Author: Bronislaw Malinowski
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2014-03-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317833872

Published, posthumously, this volume is both a summing up and a reformulation of Malinowski's functional theory of culture.