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Continuities in Cultural Evolution (Paperback, New Ed)
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Margaret Mead once said, "I have spent most of my life studying the
lives of other peoples--faraway peoples--so that Americans might
better understand themselves." "Continuities in Cultural Evolution"
is evidence of this devotion. All of Mead's efforts were intended
to help others learn about themselves and work toward a more humane
and socially responsible society. Scientist, writer, explorer, and
teacher, Mead brought the serious work of anthropology into the
public consciousness. This volume began as the Terry Lectures,
given at Yale in 1957 and was not published until 1964, after
extensive reworking. The time she spent on revision is evidence of
the importance Mead attached to the subject: the need to develop a
truly evolutionary vision of human culture and society. This was
desirable in her eyes both in order to reinforce the historical
dimension in our ideas about human culture, and to preserve the
relevance of historical and cultural diversity to social, economic,
and political action. Given the present state of academic and
public discourse alike, this volume speaks to us in a language we
badly need to recover. "Margaret Mead" (1901u1978) was associated
with the American Museum of Natural History in New York for over 50
years. Her early work on child-rearing and personality resulted in
such works as "Coming of Age in Samoa (1928), Growing up in New
Guinea (1930), and Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
(1935)." After collaborating with Ruth Benedict in developing the
application of anthropology to contemporary cultures, she focused
increasingly on processes of culture change, in such works as "New
Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation--Manus, 1928-1953 (1956),
Culture and Commitment (1970), and Rap on Race" (with James
Baldwin, 1971). She taught at Columbia University and the New
School for Social Research. "Stephen E. Toulmin" is the Henry R.
Luce Professor for the Center for Multiethnic and Transnational
Studies at the University of Southern California. His works include
"The Inner Life, the Outer Mind; Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of
Modernity; and Beyond Theory. "
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