Culture and Identity : The History, Theory, and Practice of Psychological Anthropology

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9781851685288
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1851685286
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/01/2007
Publisher: Oneworld Publications

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Summary

In this revised edition, Lindholm introduces the field of psychological anthropology, tracing the growth of the field, interweaving perspectives from anthropology, psychology, and sociology, and applying the insights gained to an understanding of daily life in the West. Unlike other texts, Culture and Identity deals with contemporary issues, includes important theorists that have previously been ignored, and covers contemporary topics such as object relations, identity, emotions, cognition, idealized relationships, and the psychology of groups.

List of Illustrations	p. xxi
List of Boxes	p. xxiii
Timeline	p. xxvii
Introduction
Who Am I? The Search for the Self	p. 3
Identity in America	p. 4
Questioning Self-Certainty	p. 6
On the Borderline of Psychology and Anthropology	p. 9
Outline of the Argument	p. 12
Culture and the Individual in Western Philosophy
The Discovery of the Individual	p. 19
The Discovery of the Unified Self	p. 20
A Human-Centered Universe: The Renaissance	p. 25
Protestantism, Capitalism, and Individualism	p. 28
New Paradigms: Montaigne, Hobbes, Descartes, Hume, and Kant	p. 31
Authenticity and Its Vicissitudes	p. 42
Rousseau and Romanticism	p. 43
Human Beings as Maximizers: Utilitarianism	p. 46
The German Reaction: Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, and Nietzsche	p. 49
Reconstructing Social Being: Weber, Durkheim, and Freud	p. 56
The Anthropology of Personal Being
How "Other" Is the Other?	p. 73
Testing Perception across Cultures	p. 75
Classifications, Complexity, and Intelligence	p. 80
Culture, Reason, and Socialization	p. 85
Authentic Culture	p. 94
The Foundations of Culture and Personality	p. 97
The Psychoanalysis of Culture	p. 112
Can There Be a Freudian Anthropology?	p. 113
Neo-Freudian Approaches: Kardiner, Du Bois, and Erikson	p. 118
Freedom and Repression: The Study of National Character	p. 127
Quandaries and Alternatives	p. 139
The Whitings' Comparative Anthropology	p. 141
Culture and Identity: Peirce, G. H. Mead, Hallowell, and Goffman	p. 149
The Affirmation of Diversity: Wallace, LeVine, and Spiro	p. 156
Creativity and Alterity	p. 168
Agency and Action: Turner, Obeyesekere, and Crapanzano	p. 169
Interpretation and Critique: Geertz, Shweder, Taussig, and Scheper-Hughes	p. 179
The Cultural Body	p. 187
Being in Culture	p. 192
Problems and Some Solutions
Dialectics of Self and Other	p. 205
Defining the Self	p. 206
Sociocentric and Egocentric Selves	p. 210
Hegemony, Hybridity, and the Decentered Self	p. 217
Hierarchical Categories: Race, Sex, and Caste	p. 220
The Thinking Animal	p. 235
Thinking about Thinking	p. 237
The Evolution of Cognitive Anthropology	p. 243
Computers, Consciousness, and Cultural Models	p. 253
Feeling and Being	p. 266
Conceptualizing the Passions	p. 267
Emotion as Embodied Thought	p. 276
The Dialectics of Emotion	p. 287
Outsiders and Charismatics	p. 296
Understanding the Marginalized Individual	p. 298
Culture and Insanity	p. 302
The Social Structure of Stigma	p. 310
Charisma	p. 316
Applications
Love and Culture	p. 333
Paths to Selflessness	p. 334
Love in History	p. 339
Looking for Love	p. 346
The Nature of Love	p. 350
Being an American	p. 366
Distinctions	p. 368
American Values	p. 374
Wealth and Egalitarianism	p. 383
Politics and Community	p. 386
Bibliography	p. 389
Index	p. 429
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Culture and Identity : The History, Theory, and Practice of Psychological Anthropology

9781851685288

1851685286

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