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Anthropologist

American anthropologist known for her contributions to cultural anthropology and social anthropology. Benedict focused on the differences between cultures and how these differences affect human behavior and social structures.

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“No one culture has ever developed all human potentialities; it has always selected certain capacities, mental and emotional and moral, and stifled others. Each culture is a system of values which may well complement the values in another.”

Humans Wells May Certain Values Culture Moral Emotional Capacity Selected Complement Human Potential

Book:An Anthropologist at Work

Source: An Anthropologist at Work

“The mere fact of leaving ultimate social control in the hands of the people has not guaranteed that men will be able to conduct their lives as free men. Those societies where men know they are free are often democracies, but sometimes they have strong chiefs and kings.they have, however, one common characteristic: they are all alike in making certain freedoms common to all citizens, and inalienable.”

Source: An Anthropologist at Work

“I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.”

World Believe Used Certain Desperation Make Believe

Book:An Anthropologist at Work

Source: An Anthropologist at Work

About the Author

Born: June 5, 1887
Died: September 17, 1948
Known for: Anthropologist
Quotes: 66

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An Anthropologist at WorkRelated source material

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Race: Science and PoliticsRelated source material

The Chrysanthemum and the SwordRelated source material

The chrysanthemum and the sword: patterns of Japanese cultureRelated source material

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