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  • Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    This vintage book comprises three famous Malinowski essays on the subject of religion. Malinowski is one of the most important and influential anthropologists of all time. He is particularly renowned for his ability to combine the reality of human experience, with the cold calculations of science. An important collection of three of his most famous essays, "Magic, Science and Religion" provides ... Read more

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  • Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    The coastal populations of the South Sea Islands, with very few exceptions, are, or were before their extinction, expert navigators and traders. Several of them had evolved excellent types of large sea-going canoes, and used to embark in them on distant trade expeditions or raids of war and conquest. The Papuo-Melanesians, who inhabit the coast and the out-lying islands of New Guinea, are no ... Read more

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  • Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    Among the natives of Kiriwina, death is the starting point of two series of events which run almost independently of each other. Death affects the deceased individual; his soul (baloma or balom) leaves the body and goes to another world, there to lead a shadowy existence. His passing is also a matter of concern to the bereft community. Its members wail for him, mourn for him, and celebrate an ... Read more

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  • Argonauts of the Western Pacific

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    "Argonauts of the Western Pacific" is a seminal ethnographic work by Bronislaw Malinowski that explores the lives and customs of the Trobriand Islanders in Papua New Guinea. Through immersive fieldwork, Malinowski provides a detailed account of the Kula ring, a complex system of exchange involving the ceremonial trading of shell necklaces and armbands among the islands. His observations reveal the ... Read more

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  • Sex and Repression in Savage Society. Illustrated

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    Bronislaw Malinowski's seminal work, "Sex and Repression in Savage Society," delves into the intricate dynamics of sexuality and societal control within primitive cultures. Published in 1927, this ethnographic study challenges prevailing Victorian notions of sexuality and sheds light on the nuanced ways in which indigenous societies navigate and regulate sexual behaviors. Malinowski's immersive ... Read more

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  • Myth in Primitive Psychology

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    This early work by Bronislaw Malinowski was originally published in 1926 and we are now republishing it with a brand new biography of the author. 'Myth in Primitive Psychology' deals with various forms of myth and magic in relation to human psychology. ... Read more

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  • A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Freedom and Civilization

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    This antiquarian book contains Bronislaw Malinowski's seminal treatise on civilisation and the notion of freedom. During World War Two, Malinowski became more and more obsessed with analysing world issues and the possible consequences of a totalitarian victory. As the war progressed, Malinowski also became preoccupied with the problems of peace and settlement, and was motivated to write this book, ... Read more

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  • Methods of Study of Culture Contact in Africa

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    This antique text contains a detailed treatise on the contacting of indigenous tribes and communities on the continent of Africa. This brochure is a reprint of a series of papers that appeared during 1934, 1935 and 1936 in the journal of the African Institute, the sponsor of the field-work out of which these discussions arose. Since all the contributors write from their first-hand experience, the ... Read more

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  • The Family among the Australian Aborigines

    by Bronislaw Malinowski ...
    The importance of the subject treated in this study, as well as the prominent part played by the Australian evidence in the problem of kinship, will, it is believed, amply justify a detailed inquiry into the institution of the family in Australia. It is, however, always desirable for a monograph like the present one, besides being a mere collection and description of facts, to have a sufficiently ... Read more

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  • Crime and Custom in Savage Society

    by Bronisław Malinowski ...
    Malinowski: "In the writing up of his results the modern anthropologist is naturally tempted to add his wider, somewhat diffused and intangible experiences to his descriptions of definite fact; to present the details of custom, belief, and organization against the background of a general theory of primitive culture. This little book is the outcome of a field worker’s yielding to such temptation. ... Read more

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  • Argonauts of the Western Pacific

    by Bronisław Malinowski ...
    Argonauts of the Western Pacific, subtitled An account of native enterprise and adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea, is a 1922 ethnological work by Bronisław Malinowski, which has had enormous impact on the ethnographic genre. The book is about the Trobriand people who live on the small Kiriwana island chain northeast of the island of New Guinea. It is part of Malinowski's ... Read more

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