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Leslie White was one of the most important—and controversial—figures in American anthropology. This classic work, initially published in 1949, contains White's definitive statement on what he termed 'culturology.' In his new prologue to this reprint of the second edition (originally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1969), Robert Carneiro outlines the key events in White's life and career, especially his championing of cultural evolutionism and cultural materialism.
Contents
Prologue to the Percheron Press Edition, Robert L. Carneiro
I. Science and Symbols
Introduction
Chapter 1. Science Is Sciencing
Chapter 2. The Symbol: The Origin and Basis of Human Behavior
Chapter 3. On the Use of Tools by Primates
Chapter 4. Mind Is Minding
Chapter 5. The Expansion of the Scope of Science
II. Man and Culture
Introduction
Chapter 6. Culturological vs. Psychological Interpretations of Human Behavior
Chapter 7. Cultural Determinants of Mind
Chapter 8. Genius: Its Causes and Incidence
Chapter 9. Ikhnaton: The Great Man vs. the Culture Process
Chapter 10. The Locus of Mathematical Reality
Chapter 11. The Definition and Prohibition of Incest
Chapter 12. Man's Control over Civilization: An Anthropocentric Illusion
III. Energy and Civilization
Introduction
Chapter 13. Energy and the Evolution of Culture
IV. Culturology
Chapter 14. The Science of Culture
Chapter References
Bibliography
Index
