In this classic work, the author introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.
W. H. R. Rivers, who has been called 'the founder of the modern study of social organization', exerted an immense influence on his contemporaries and successors.
W. H. R. Rivers, who has been called 'the founder of the modern study of social organization', exerted an immense influence on his contemporaries and successors.
In applying psychology to the field of politics, the eminent British anthropologist and psychologist W
In applying psychology to the field of politics, the eminent British anthropologist and psychologist W
In this classic work, the author introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.
First published in 1922 as the second edition of a 1920 original, this book attempts 'to put into a biological setting the system of psycho-therapy which came to be generally adopted in Great Britain in the treatment of the psycho-neuroses of war' in the wake of WWI.
Reprint of: Psychology and politics: and other essays / by W. H. R. Rivers, originially published in 1923 by K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London.
First published in 1914, W. H. R. Rivers' hugely influential study was the first to effectively demonstrate the close connection between methods of... Læs mere