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Ruth Fulton Benedict (1887–1948)

Autor/a de The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture

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Born in New York City, American anthropologist Ruth Benedict was educated at Vassar College and at Columbia University (Ph.D 1923) where she as a student of Franz Boas. Benedict taught English literature before turning to the social sciences. For several years Benedict taught at Columbia, where she mostra'n més was made a professor in 1948. Most of Benedict's fieldwork was with American Indians, and the two books that brought her fame-Patterns of Culture (1934) and The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (1946)-are largely about cultures that she knew only secondhand. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a brilliant reconstruction of Japanese culture on the basis of wartime interviews with Japanese people who had been living in the United States for several decades, but it has been criticized for describing nearly dead patterns of Japanese social behavior. Benedict helped expand the scope of anthropology to include the importance of the role of culture. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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A tad dry sometimes, but nonetheless a very interesting read. I had trouble understanding Japanese stories in books and movies, but I think I'll be able to understand them a bit better.
 
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jd7h | Hi ha 13 ressenyes més | Feb 18, 2024 |
Really good examination of Japanese values and character right after World War 2 ended. Makes it clear why they did not become vindictive.
I have read elsewhere that it has errors in terminology, etc., but it is still one of the best on Japan. It is a classic.
 
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kslade | Hi ha 13 ressenyes més | Dec 8, 2022 |
This was a really interesting read, I learned a lot. But I wonder how accurate it is sixty years on?
 
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elahrairah | Hi ha 13 ressenyes més | Aug 16, 2022 |
En junio de 1944, las autoridades estadounidenses desconcertadas ante las dificultades para predecir el comportamiento del enemigo en el Pacífico y necesitadas de un repertorio de soluciones para acelerar la victoria primero e institucionalizar la ocupación después encargaron a Ruth Benedict un estudio de antropología cultural sobre las normas y valores de la sociedad japonesa. Resultado del trabajo llevado a cabo, El Crisantemo y la Espada título que hace referencia a las paradojas del carácter y el estilo de vida japoneses se convirtió prácticamente desde su aparición y hasta el día de hoy en un clásico imprescindible para aproximarse al conocimiento de los complejos patrones de la cultura japonesa, que explican no sólo el militarismo de tiempos pasados, sino también la fabulosa expansión pacífica llevada a cabo por el pueblo japonés desde el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.… (més)
 
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Natt90 | Hi ha 13 ressenyes més | Jul 14, 2022 |

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