| Personality and the Cultural Construction of Society First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Jordan, David K. (Author), Swartz, Marc J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817356347 ISBN-13: 9780817356347 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable - Psychology - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 155.8 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.45 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pyschological 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? What are the pyschological underpinnings of social manipulation? |