Malinowski, Bronislaw (1884–1942) Quick reference
World Encyclopedia
..., Bronislaw ( 1884–1942 ) British anthropologist , b. Poland . Considered a pioneer of social anthropology , his work with ‘primitive’ societies led to the belief that every aspect of a society is a function vital to its...
Malinowski, Bronislaw (1884–1942) Reference library
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
..., Bronislaw ( 1884–1942 ) Born in Krakow, Malinowski became one of the founding figures of British social anthropology . With A. R. Richards , he shaped the functionalist agenda that dominated British anthropology for a generation ( see functionalism ). More importantly, he helped to make fieldwork —the intensive study of small groups—the keystone of modern anthropological research. Malinowski formulated his research methodology in the course of several expeditions to the Australian Papua colonies—trips that also furnished him his great...
Malinowski, Bronisław Kasper (1884–1942) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Cultural Anthropology
...London School of Economics he shaped a generation of influential future anthropologists, among them Sir E. E. Evans-Pritchard , Hortense Powdermaker , Edmund Leach , and Raymond Firth. Bronisław Malinowski Source : LSE Library via Wikimedia Commons Further reading: Malinowski, Bronisław (1922), Argonauts of the Western Pacific . Malinowski, Bronisław (1948), Magic, Science and Religion, and Other Essays...
Malinowski, Bronislaw Kaspar (1884–1942) Quick reference
Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
..., Bronislaw Kaspar ( 1884–1942 ) Polish-born British anthropologist who developed the functionalist approach to social anthropology, which sought to explain social phenomena in terms of their functional significance. Malinowski attended the Jagellonian University, Kraców, receiving a degree in physics and mathematics in 1908 . While at Leipzig University he was considerably influenced by the psychologist Wilhelm Wundt ( 1832–1920 ). Moving to the London School of Economics, Malinowski studied anthropology, received his DSc in 1916 , and remained...
Malinowski, Bronislaw Kaspar (1884–1942) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Sociology (4 ed.)
..., Bronislaw Kaspar ( 1884–1942 ) A Polish anthropologist , born in Cracow, where he completed a doctorate in physics and mathematics. A chance reading of Frazer 's The Golden Bough attracted him to social anthropology. Subsequently, in London, he completed a thesis on the Australian Aborigines. Between 1915 and 1918 he conducted fieldwork for periods amounting to nearly two years in the Trobriand Islands, New Guinea. Here he developed the now classical methods of intensive fieldwork, pitching his tent in the villages. He stressed the...
Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski (1884–1942) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
...Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski 1884 – 1942 Polish-born British anthropologist There are no peoples however primitive without religion and magic. Nor are there, it must be added at once, any savage races lacking either in the scientific attitude or in science, though this lack has been frequently attributed to them. Magic, Science and Religion (1925), 17 religion and magic religion and magic scientific attitude scientific attitude [Magic] enables man to carry out with confidence his important tasks, to maintain his poise and his mental integrity in...
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