Meaning in Culture

Taylor & Francis

Discusses the question of whether 'culture' refers to some superorganic entity that exists in its own right, or is only convenient short-hand for the shared beliefs and behaviour of human individuals. > \nMeaning in Culture discusses the question of whether 'culture' refers to some superorganic entity that exists in its own right, or is only convenient short-hand for the shared beliefs and behaviour of human individuals. It also investigates the problem of relativism and explores the question of whether anthropology and the other social sciences are really scientific.\n First published in 1975. > Chapter 1 The subject matter of social science*Portions of this Chapter were presented at the IXth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. They will appear under the title \u2018Meaning in Culture\u2019 in The Concept and Dynamics of Culture, ed. Bernardo Bernardi, in press. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Mouton & Co., The Hague, for permission to p;