Psychological Problems In Anthropology

Author : Franz Boas
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473378162

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Psychological Problems in Anthropology by Franz Boas Pdf

This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Psychological Problems in Anthropology' is a work on the best methods of the anthropologist in relation to the human mind. Franz Boas was born on July 9th 1958, in Minden, Westphalia. Even though Boas had a passion the natural sciences, he enrolled at the University at Kiel as an undergraduate in Physics. Boas completed his degree with a dissertation on the optical properties of water, before continuing his studies and receiving his doctorate in 1881. Boas became a professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in 1899 and founded the first Ph.D program in anthropology in America. He was also a leading figure in the creation of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Franz Boas had a long career and a great impact on many areas of study. He died on 21st December 1942.

Author : Theodore Schwartz,Geoffrey M. White,Catherine A. Lutz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 052142609X

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New Directions in Psychological Anthropology by Theodore Schwartz,Geoffrey M. White,Catherine A. Lutz Pdf

The field of psychological anthropology has changed a great deal since the 1940s and 1950s, when it was often known as 'Culture and Personality Studies'. Rooted in psychoanalytic psychology, its early practitioners sought to extend that psychology through the study of cross-cultural variation in personality and child-rearing practices. Psychological anthropology has since developed in a number of new directions. Tensions between individual experience and collective meanings remain as central to the field as they were fifty years ago, but, alongside fresh versions of the psychoanalytic approach, other approaches to the study of cognition, emotion, the body, and the very nature of subjectivity have been introduced. And in the place of an earlier tendency to treat a 'culture' as an undifferentiated whole, psychological anthropology now recognizes the complex internal structure of cultures. The contributors to this state-of-the-art collection are all leading figures in contemporary psychological anthropology, and they write abour recent developments in the field. Sections of the book discuss cognition, developmental psychology, biology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis, areas that have always been integral to psychological anthropology but which are now being transformed by new perspectives on the body, meaning, agency and communicative practice.

Author : Francis L. K. Hsu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UCAL:B4294449

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Psychological Anthropology by Francis L. K. Hsu Pdf

Author : Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco,George Spindler,Louise S. Spindler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UCSC:32106012371917

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The Making of Psychological Anthropology II by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco,George Spindler,Louise S. Spindler Pdf

Author : John M. Ingham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1996-05-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521559189

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Psychological Anthropology Reconsidered by John M. Ingham Pdf

Reviews developments in pyschological anthropology and examines psychoanalytic, dialogical and social perspectives on personality and culture.

Author : Robert Cushman Hunt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015011038521

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Personalities and Cultures by Robert Cushman Hunt Pdf

This is a compilation of the classic ethnographic work on personality and culture by some of the pioneers in the field, as well as the most significant recent work. Beginning with an exposition of Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality, this volume goes on, in the remaining articles, to define personality's role in shaping culture. Intelligence, abnormality, acculturation, and Oedipal problems are some of the special concers of psychological anthropology which are covered in this book. -- from back cover.

Author : John Cox,Vieda Skultans,Professor John Cox
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781846422645

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Anthropological Approaches to Psychological Medicine by John Cox,Vieda Skultans,Professor John Cox Pdf

`There are many insights and nuggets of value in this collection. Maurice Lipsedge reminds us how badly psychiatry needs anthropology's insights.This book should contribute to the ongoing dialogue between the two fields.' - The Journal of the Royal Antropological Institute `The editors states in the introduction that they wish to encourage the reader `to meet halfway the other discipline'. This expresses the view which all the contributors clearly feel and which is correct, that psychology and psychiatry and anthropology have much to offer each other and indeed are similar in several respects'. - The International Journal of Social Psychiatry `As an introductory text the book is perhaps too difficult, but for students of medical anthropology and cross-cultural psychiatry it offers a useful up to date assessment of the field.' - The International Journal of Social Psychiatry 'This text brings together some noted clinicians and researchers in psychiatry and mental health. The aim is to explore what we can learn from anthropology to achieve a contextual understanding of mental illness and health in contemporary society. The book contains a wide selection of ideas, and works well to bridge the gap between anthropolgy and psychiatry. This book is definitely not for the novice or anyone new to the field. It is, however, worth reading to explore ways in which mental health practitioners can make the shift from ideologies, theories and practices that are only interested in establishing the presence or absence of pathology or illness, towards theory and practice that take account of the meaning of those experiences for people in their everyday lives. One of the authors sums this up well by suggesting that "anthropologically informed methods of enquiry have potential to help establish clearer links between personal suffering and local politico-economic ideologies".` - Openmind. No110, July/Aug 2001 The relevance of transcultural issues for medical practice, including psychiatry, is becoming more widely recognized and medical anthropology is now a major sub-discipline. Written for those working in the mental health services as well as for anthropologists, Anthropological Approaches to Psychological Medicine brings together psychiatry and anthropology and focuses on the implications of their interaction in theory and clinical practice. The book reaffirms the importance of anthropology for fully understanding psychiatric practice and psychological disorders in both socio-historical and individual contexts. The development and use of diagnostic categories, the nature of expressed emotion within cross-cultural contexts and the religious context of perceptions of pathological behaviour are all refracted through an anthropological perspective. The clinical applications of medical anthropology addressed include, in particular, the establishing of cultural competence and an examination of the new perspectives anthropological study can bring to psychosis and depression. The stigmatization of mental illness is also reviewed from an anthropological perspective. Encouraging practitioners to reflect on the position of medicine in a wider cultural context, this is an exciting and comprehensive text which explores the profound importance of an anthropological interpretation for key issues in psychological medicine.

Author : Conerly Casey,Robert B. Edgerton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470997222

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A Companion to Psychological Anthropology by Conerly Casey,Robert B. Edgerton Pdf

This Companion provides the first definitive overview of psychocultural anthropology: a subject that focuses on cultural, psychological, and social interrelations across cultures. Brings together original essays by leading scholars in the field Offers an in-depth exploration of the concepts and topics that have emerged through contemporary ethnographic work and the processes of global change Key issues range from studies of consciousness and time, emotion, cognition, dreaming, and memory, to the lingering effects of racism and ethnocentrism, violence, identity and subjectivity

Author : George Dearborn Spindler
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520039572

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The Making of Psychological Anthropology by George Dearborn Spindler Pdf

Author : Robert A. LeVine
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781405105750

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Psychological Anthropology by Robert A. LeVine Pdf

Psychological Anthropology: A Reader in Self in Culture presents a selection of readings from recent and classical literature with a rich diversity of insights into the individual and society. Presents the latest psychological research from a variety of global cultures Sheds new light on historical continuities in psychological anthropology Explores the cultural relativity of emotional experience and moral concepts among diverse peoples, the Freudian influence and recent psychoanalytic trends in anthropology Addresses childhood and the acquisition of culture, an ethnographic focus on the self as portrayed in ritual and healing, and how psychological anthropology illuminates social change

Author : Franz Boas
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1989-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226062433

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A Franz Boas Reader by Franz Boas Pdf

"The Shaping of American Anthropology is a book which is outstanding in many respects. Stocking is probably the leading authority on Franz Boas; he understands Boas's contributions to American anthropology, as well as anthropology in general, very well. . . . He is, in a word, the foremost historian of anthropology in the world today. . . . The reader is both a collection of Boas's papers and a solid 23-page introduction to giving the background and basic assumptions of Boasian anthropology."—David Schneider, University of Chicago "While Stocking has not attempted to present a person biography, nevertheless Boas's personal characteristics emerge not only in his scholarly essays, but perhaps more vividly in his personal correspondence. . . . Stocking is to be commended for collecting this material together in a most interesting and enjoyable reader."—Gustav Thaiss, American Anthropologist

Author : Erika Bourguignon
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UCSC:32106019468880

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Psychological Anthropology by Erika Bourguignon Pdf

Author : Brandon A Kohrt,Emily Mendenhall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315428031

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Global Mental Health by Brandon A Kohrt,Emily Mendenhall Pdf

While there is increasing political interest in research and policy-making for global mental health, there remain major gaps in the education of students in health fields for understanding the complexities of diverse mental health conditions. Drawing on the experience of many well-known experts in this area, this book uses engaging narratives to illustrate that mental illnesses are not only problems experienced by individuals but must also be understood and treated at the social and cultural levels. The book -includes discussion of traditional versus biomedical beliefs about mental illness, the role of culture in mental illness, intersections between religion and mental health, intersections of mind and body, and access to health care; -is ideal for courses on global mental health in psychology, public health, and anthropology departments and other health-related programs.

Author : Sonja K. Ulrich
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1793574111

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Introduction to Psychological Anthropology: Critical Writing on Theoretical Developments and Contemporary Issues by Sonja K. Ulrich Pdf

Introduction to Psychological Anthropology: Critical Writing on Theoretical Developments and Contemporary Issues Edited by Sonja K. Ulrich Introduction to Psychological Anthropology: Critical Writing on Theoretical Developments and Contemporary Issues provides readers with a curated collection of articles that introduce the basic tenets of psychological anthropology. The text presents the basic history of the discipline, terms, theories, and contributions from an intellectual movement-the culture and personality movement-that later became known as the subdiscipline of psychological anthropology. The reader is organized into two parts. The first part explores two separate disciplines, anthropology and psychology, and how they eventually merged into the subdiscipline of psychological anthropology. The second part focuses on contemporary psychological issues throughout the human lifespan. It touches on subjects such as notions of self and personhood, childrearing, emotions, mental health and mental illness, aging, and death. Introduction to Psychological Anthropology not only explains a subdiscipline with a complicated and at times controversial history, but also explores the delicate cognitive parts of what makes us human and enables us to live in complicated social systems. The reader is ideal for introductory courses within the discipline.

Author : Francis L. K. Hsu
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 197430390X

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Psychological Anthropology; Approaches to Culture and Personality by Francis L. K. Hsu Pdf

The purpose of this volume is twofold. On the one hand, it is an assessment of the up-to-date gains in the field of culture-and-personality. Each of the contributors tries to achieve comprehensiveness within the scope of his particular assignment. Insofar as possible each brings together materials from diverse sources, from obscure journals to their own yet unpublished field notes. On the other hand, each of them also attempts to indicate some of the most important problems yet to be tackled. All the contributors outline some of these problems, the hypotheses and methods most relevant to their investigation, and possible solution. The American tradition in textbooks is that they contain materials from the beaten paths and are exercises in facts and principles generally endorsed by most or all scholars. Such a tradition fails to introduce the student to the vitality of an expanding and exciting discipline. This book is a textbook, but tliere will be many controversial spots in it. The reader will find no complete agreement among the contributors, nor between the contributors and the editor. This is a text in which differences in facts, theories, and points of view are not only pointed out, but also explored at some length, leading, in some instances, even to almost diametrically contrasting conclusions between the authors.