Sex And Repression In Savage Society
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Book: Good
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Pages: Yellowed
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One of the most provocative challenges to Freudian orthodoxy ever mounted by a social scientist, Sex and Repression in Savage Society dismantles the assumption that the Oedipus complex is a universal feature of human psychology. Drawing on his groundbreaking fieldwork among the matrilineal Trobriand Islanders of Melanesia, Bronislaw Malinowski argues with forensic precision that family dynamics, sexual attitudes, and the nature of repression are not fixed biological constants but are instead shaped by the specific social structures in which individuals develop — a finding that struck at the very heart of classical psychoanalytic theory. A cornerstone of 20th-century anthropology, the work illustrates Malinowski's signature method of rigorous participant observation and his insistence that no human institution can be understood in isolation from its cultural context. His prose is authoritative yet accessible, weaving ethnographic detail into a sustained and intellectually combative argument that refuses to accept Western norms as the measure of all humanity. For anyone seeking to understand the contested relationship between biology, culture, and the human mind, this landmark text remains as urgent and unsettling as the day it was first published.
Author: Bronislaw Malinowski
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Binding loose.
One of the most provocative challenges to Freudian orthodoxy ever mounted by a social scientist, Sex and Repression in Savage Society dismantles the assumption that the Oedipus complex is a universal feature of human psychology. Drawing on his groundbreaking fieldwork among the matrilineal Trobriand Islanders of Melanesia, Bronislaw Malinowski argues with forensic precision that family dynamics, sexual attitudes, and the nature of repression are not fixed biological constants but are instead shaped by the specific social structures in which individuals develop — a finding that struck at the very heart of classical psychoanalytic theory. A cornerstone of 20th-century anthropology, the work illustrates Malinowski's signature method of rigorous participant observation and his insistence that no human institution can be understood in isolation from its cultural context. His prose is authoritative yet accessible, weaving ethnographic detail into a sustained and intellectually combative argument that refuses to accept Western norms as the measure of all humanity. For anyone seeking to understand the contested relationship between biology, culture, and the human mind, this landmark text remains as urgent and unsettling as the day it was first published.