![]() ![]() What are their similarities and differences with respect to their explanations of culture or society? Invisible genealogies: A history of Americanist anthropology. This emphasis upon the individual in culture should rightly be traced back to Edward Sapir. Torres The biology of the period did not as yet have an adequate theory or the methods necessary to contribute to any such study. This was done in an attempt to avoid hierarchal or racist models, though it seems that by creating national characters and modal personality types that it could be quite easy to slip into racist and hierarchal models. For Sapir, no amount of familiarity with the psychological literature could undo the flaws in Meads work. ![]() ![]() Benjamin Lee Whorf would subsequently develop this line of Sapirs reasoning. This was most obvious in the 'Culture and Personality' studies carried out by younger Boasians such as Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict. Benedict first used the term configurations in the early 1930s. Psychological Anthropology (Culture and Personality) Lindholm, Charles. ![]() Why is culture important in anthropology? Strait Island Communities. Language, culture, and personality: Essays in memory of Edward Sapir. Not question the rightness or wrongness of behavior or ideas 1954. ![]()
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