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 ha……続きを見る
The follow-up to the 2000 Golden Pen Award-winning Structural Design for the Stage, this second edition provides the theater technician with a foundation in structural design, allowing an intuitive ……続きを見る
This is volume II of “Coral Gardens and Their Magic”, dealing with Kilivila terms related to gardening and agriculture. Kilivila is the language spoken on the Trobriand islands, a group of islands o……続きを見る
A fascinating insight into the life of the vast majority of Chinese people at the end of 19th century. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now ext……続きを見る
First published in 1922, this classic text examines the extensive and complex trading system maintained by the Trobriand Islanders. While the main theme is economics and social organization, the pow……続きを見る
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) lea……続きを見る
Engineering the Climate: The Ethics of Solar Radiation Management discusses the ethical issues associated with deliberately engineering a cooler climate to combat global warming. Climate engineering……続きを見る
This vintage text contains Bronislaw Malinowski's seminal treatise, "The Father in Primitive Psychology". It is an analysis of the relationship of society and psychology in tribal communities, and e……続きを見る
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……続きを見る
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 ……続きを見る
During the First World War the pioneer anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski found himself stranded on the Trobriand Islands, off the eastern coast of New Guinea. By living among the people he studied……続きを見る
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 durin……続きを見る
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 fo……続きを見る
The main question of our age is how we live our lives. As we struggle with this question, we face others. How do we handle ideas and knowledge, both our own and those of others? What relationship to……続きを見る
Crime and Custom in Savage Society represents Bronislaw Malinowski's major discussion of the relationship between law and society. Throughout his career he constructed a coherent science of anthropo……続きを見る
Considered to be the first book devoted to the subject, Linear Synchronous Motors: Transportation and Automation Systems, Second Edition evaluates the state of the art, demonstrating the technologic……続きを見る
Il diario delle ricerche sul campo di antropologo della levatura di Malinowski rappresenta per gli studiosi, come per il pubblico, uno stimolo di grande richiamo. Pur contenendo annotazioni di carat……続きを見る
The first part of a two volume classic devoted to the agriculture and agricultural rites of the Trobriand Islanders. This work looks at the signigicance of agriculture in the Trobriand Islands.
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Originally published in 1964, this is a detailed ethnographic record and sympathetic study of Ambo beliefs and activities. The significance of the clan and the matrilineage are discussed and the org……続きを見る
Written by one of the most important anthropologists of the 20th-century, this is an unflinching look at Australian Aborigines and their lives. Fair warning - the way the women and young girls are t……続きを見る
The Trobriand Islanders of the Melanesian region, as well as many other cultures in the Australian and New Guinea regions, had a belief that there was no cause and effect relationship between sexual……続きを見る
Peut-on retrouver Œdipe sous les Tropiques ? En méditant, pour la critiquer, sur la théorie psychanalytique de la sexualité, pendant qu’il se livre à l’étude des Mélanésiens d’un archipel de corail,……続きを見る
Esiste un prima e un dopo nella storia dell’antropologia e la linea di demarcazione è rappresentata dall’uscita, nel 1922, di "Argonauti del Pacifico Occidentale" di Bronislaw Malinowski. Frutto di ……続きを見る
Nato da una lettura tenuta nel 1925 al Royal Institute of Great Britain, "Crime and Custom in Savage Society" (qui liberamente tradotto come "Delitto e castigo nella società selvaggia") affronta il ……続きを見る
Negli anni in cui "Magic, Science and Religion" fu pubblicato, attribuire un pensiero scientifico alle popolazioni native era ancora in parte un tabù. Le ricerche antropologiche ponevano spesso l'ac……続きを見る
La guerra torna ciclicamente di attualità nella storia degli esseri umani. Si tratta quindi di un elemento naturale, una necessità biologica di cui l'uomo non potrà mai liberarsi? Oppure è un fenome……続きを見る
The Anthropocene has emerged as perhaps the scientific concept of the new millennium. Going further than earlier conceptions of the human–environment relationship, Anthropocene science proposes that……続きを見る
This volume is a reassessment of Malinowski's work by a group of his former pupils and colleagues. A frank evaluation, not a eulogy, it examines the real and lasting importance of Malinowski's contr……続きを見る
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 renowne……続きを見る
Bronislaw Malinowski’s pathbreaking Argonauts of the Western Pacific is at once a detailed account of exchange in the Melanesian islands and a manifesto of a modernist anthropology. Malinowski argue……続きを見る
