Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

Psychological Anthropology: A Critical Review of the Book Culture and Identity

Document Type : Research

Author

Asghar Izadi-Jeiran

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Member of Research Core for Cultural Anthropology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.36734.2265
Abstract
The relationship between individual and culture as the main subject in psychological anthropology had been engaged anthropologists from the early days of the discipline. Culture and Identity: The History, Theory, and Practice of Psychological Anthropology (second edition, 2007) by Charles Lindholm is one of the best and most comprehensive resources in this field. The book is organized into five sections, with thirteen chapters. Lindholm began the book by exploring of self and individual in the culture and thought of the West, then turn to anthropology to show its contribution through ethnographic research. Some classic subjects of psychology such as self, thinking, emotions, and mental disorders are discussed by reference to anthropological legacy. Culture and Identity has many strengths including a good and concise review of philosophical approaches, extensive use of data of anthropological fieldworks, grounding the discussions of psychological anthropology in the broader contexts of some events in the scientific community, comprehensiveness of bibliography, and combining theory with experimental examples.

Keywords

Psychological Anthropology
Culture
Identity
Self
Anthropology

Subjects

لیندولم، چارلز (۱۳۹۴)، فرهنگ و هویت: تاریخ، نظریه و کاربرد انسان‌شناسی روان‌شناختی، ترجمة محسن ثلاثی، تهران: ثالث.
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Lindholm, Charles (2007), Culture and Identity: The History, Theory, and Practice of Psychological Anthropology, Oxford: Oneworld Publications.
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Spindler, George (ed.) (1978), The Making of Psychological Anthropology, Berkeley: University of California Press.

  • Receive Date 12 October 2021
  • Revise Date 06 January 2022
  • Accept Date 26 February 2022

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