Background Image
Mead's anthropology had many other red, white and blue- blooded virtues. one was the common anthropological conceit, out of which she made a career, to the effect that the ultimate value of studying other cultures was the use we could make of them to reconstruct our own - a heady kind of intellectual imperialism, as if the final meaning of others' lives was their significance for us.
-Margaret Mead
Please Wait....
Translating....

Mead's Anthropology Had Many Other Red, White

Margaret Mead
Mead's anthropology had many other red, white and blue- blooded virtues. one was the common anthropological conceit, out of which she made a career, to the effect that the ultimate value of studying other cultures was the use we could make of them to reconstruct our own - a heady kind of intellectual imperialism, as if the final meaning of others' lives was their significance for us.
Views: 5
Cite this Page
Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.
APA FORMAT
Embed this Quote
Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.
HTML CODE
Topic
Blue Other Cultures Careers

More From Margaret Mead

We walked on the beach, fed blue corn ships to the seagulls, and munched on blue jelly beans, blue saltwater taffy and all the other free samples my mom brought home from work. i guess i should explain the blue food. see, gabe had once told my mom there was no such thing. they had this fight, which seemed like a really small thing at the time. but ever since, my mom went out of her way to eat blue. she baked blue birthday cakes. she mixed blueberry smoothies. she bought blue-corn tortilla chips and brought home blue candy from the shop.
Mom Beach Home
She smiled. she knew she was dying. but it did not matter any longer. she had known something which no human words could ever tell and she knew it now. she had been awaiting it and she felt it, as if it had been, as if she had lived it. life had been, if only because she had known it could be, and she felt it now as a hymn without sound, deep under the little whole that dripped red drops into the snow, deeper than that from which the red drops came. a moment or an eternity- did it matter? life, undefeated, existed and could exist. she smiled, her last smile, to so much that had been possible.
Life Hymns Snow
Intentional living is the bridge to significance. at the end of every year, i take time out to reflect and evaluate the events of the previous year - what went well and what needed improvement. from that inventory, i lay out my next year - how i intend to live, make the best use of time and maximize adding value to others. success asks, 'how can i add value to myself?' significance asks, 'how can i add value to others?' it is your intention that lends itself to significance.
Years Bridges Adding Value
Anthropology... has always been highly dependent upon photography... as the use of still photography - and moving pictures - has become increasingly essential as a part of anthropological methods, the need for photographers with a disciplined knowledge of anthropology and for anthropologists with training in photography has increased. we expect that in the near future sophisticated training in photography will be a requirement for all anthropologists. (1962)
Photography Moving Training
For immanuel kant, the term anthropology embraced all the human sciences, and laid the foundation of familiar knowledge we need, to build solidly grounded ideas about the moral and political demands of human life. margaret mead saw mid-twentieth-century anthropology as engaged in a project no less ambitious than kant's own, and her terry lectures on continuities in cultural evolution provide an excellent point to enter into her reflections.
Reflection Ideas Political
Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. the number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology
Names Numbers Done
Similar Quotes
The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. they are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of formal ceremonies.
Dog Party Names
Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrines of the weak.
Powerful Believe Names
She is stunned that in this town there are no sidewalks to speak of, no streetlights, no public transportation, no stores for miles at at a time.
Towns Speak Namesake
I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, i've got my name in the golden book and i'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'
Book Names People

Trending Author

Julie Burchill
Julie Burchill
Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Robert Powell
Robert Powell
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Marie De France
Marie De France
Category
Information
Inspirational
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Happiness & Joy
Life Lessons
Success & Business
Motivation