Benedict Publishes Patterns of Culture
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Social Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Anthropology, Anthropologists
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History
- Geographical Location: New York
- Date: 1934
Article abstract: Benedict published Patterns of Culture, a classic work which contributes to new directions in anthropological theory, methodology, and philosophy.
Summary of Event
The field of anthropology began to develop new concerns and methods in the beginning of the twentieth century. Having its origins in the nineteenth century, it focused originally on the concerns of that period—classification and development of human races, languages, and societies. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1859), with the general concept of...
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