| Description |
xxii, 442 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Raymond D. Fogelson and Melford E. Spiro -- Part I: Ethnology and social organization -- Childhood among the yakutat Tlingit / Frederica de Laguna -- Algonkian social organization / George Peter Murdock -- Part II: Religion -- The self, the behavioral environment, and the theory of spirit possession / Erika Bourguignon -- Religion, death, and evolutionary adaptation / Theodosius Dobzhansky -- Psychological theories of Windigo "Psychosis" and a preliminary application of a models approach / Raymond D. Fogelson -- Religious systems as culturally constituted defense mechanisms / Melford E. Spiro -- Part III: Social character -- An agrarian "fighter" / Paul Friedrich -- An approach to the historical study of national character / Murray G. Murphy -- The life and death of a myth / Laurence Wylie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-425) and index |
| Subject |
Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974.
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Anthropology.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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| Author |
Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974.
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Spiro, Melford E.
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