Born in the first year of the 20th century, it is fitting that Margaret Mead should have been one of the first anthropologists to use anthropological analysis to study the future course of human civilization. This volume collects her writings on the future of humanity and how humans can shape that future through purposeful action.
Born in the first year of the 20th century, it is fitting that Margaret Mead should have been one of the first anthropologists to use anthropological analysis to study the future course of human civilization. This volume collects her writings on the future of humanity and how humans can shape that future through purposeful action.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Culture
Margaret Mead served as Curator of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1925 to 1969. She began her career with a study of youth and adolescence in Samoan society, published as Coming of Age in Samoa (1928). She published prolifically, becoming a seminal figure in anthropology, and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1979.
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Series Preface William O. Beeman Introduction Robert B. Textor * Margaret Mead's Historic Contribution * Mead and Futures Studies * Mead's Intellectual Approach and Expressive Style * Editor's Personal Contacts with Dr. Mead * Appendix: The Rationale and Future of Anticipatory Anthropology * Acknowledgements TWENTY-FIVE WRITINGS AND LECTURES BY MARGARET MEAD 1943: The Family in the Future 1945: Human Differences and World Order 1950: Unique Possibilities of the Melting Pot 1962: The Psychology of Warless Man 1963a: Beyond the Nuclear Family 1963b: Patterns of Worldwide Cultural Change in the 1960s 1966a: One World-But Which Language? 1966b: The University and Institutional Change 1967: Changing Cultural Patterns of Work and Leisure 1968a: New Year's-A Universal Birthday 1968b: Alternatives to War 1968c: The Crucial Role of the Small City in Meeting the Urban Crisis 1968d: Statement [on Aging And Retirement] 1968e: Some Social Consequences of a Guaranteed Income 1969: Man On the Moon 1970a: Education for Humanity 1970b: Kalinga Prize Acceptance Speech 1971: A Note on Contributions of Anthropology to the Science of the Future 1973a: The Kind of City We Want 1973b: Prospects for World Harmony 1974a: Opening Address [to The Society for General Systems Research] 1974b: Changing Perspectives on Modernization 1974c: Ways to Deal with the Current Social Transformation 1975: Discussion [about How Anthropologists Can Perform Better in Applied Roles] 1977: Our Open-Ended Future Index
Series Preface William O. Beeman Introduction Robert B. Textor * Margaret Mead's Historic Contribution * Mead and Futures Studies * Mead's Intellectual Approach and Expressive Style * Editor's Personal Contacts with Dr. Mead * Appendix: The Rationale and Future of Anticipatory Anthropology * Acknowledgements TWENTY-FIVE WRITINGS AND LECTURES BY MARGARET MEAD 1943: The Family in the Future 1945: Human Differences and World Order 1950: Unique Possibilities of the Melting Pot 1962: The Psychology of Warless Man 1963a: Beyond the Nuclear Family 1963b: Patterns of Worldwide Cultural Change in the 1960s 1966a: One World-But Which Language? 1966b: The University and Institutional Change 1967: Changing Cultural Patterns of Work and Leisure 1968a: New Year's-A Universal Birthday 1968b: Alternatives to War 1968c: The Crucial Role of the Small City in Meeting the Urban Crisis 1968d: Statement [on Aging And Retirement] 1968e: Some Social Consequences of a Guaranteed Income 1969: Man On the Moon 1970a: Education for Humanity 1970b: Kalinga Prize Acceptance Speech 1971: A Note on Contributions of Anthropology to the Science of the Future 1973a: The Kind of City We Want 1973b: Prospects for World Harmony 1974a: Opening Address [to The Society for General Systems Research] 1974b: Changing Perspectives on Modernization 1974c: Ways to Deal with the Current Social Transformation 1975: Discussion [about How Anthropologists Can Perform Better in Applied Roles] 1977: Our Open-Ended Future Index
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