Bronislaw Malinowski Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
- Alternate use: see Bronislaw Malinowski (athlete) for the Olympic champion athlete.
Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (
April 7,
1884 –
May 16,
1942) was a
Polish anthropologist. Malinowski was born in
Kraków,
Poland. He originated the school of
social anthropology known as
functionalism, holding the belief that all components of society interlock to form a well-balanced system.
University Positions:
Bibliography
- The Trobriand Islands (1915)
- Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922)
- The Scientific Theory of Culture (1922)
- The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia (1929)
- Coral Gardens and Their Magic: A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands (1935)
- Magic, Science, and Religion (1948)
- The Dynamics of Culture Change (1961)
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