In this highly informative and interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between culture and psyche, de Munck provides a substantive introduction to pertinent issues, theory, and empirical studies that lie at the junction of psychology, sociology, and anthropology. This engagingly written text reviews various approaches to such questions as: Where is culture located--inside or outside the head? What is the self--is there a single, unified self or do many selves inhabit the body? Do institutional structures form to meet our needs--or are our everyday lives a result of institutional structures? What is meaning and how do we study it? de Munck's examination of these different approaches illuminates the importance of the topic, expands readers' understanding of human life, and points to psychological anthropology's relevance in affecting public policies.
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Victor de Munck has produced a most insightful presentation of some of the major issues in contemporary psychological anthropology. He has done so in a text that is easy to read and understand, but subtle in its presentations of the contending positions and deeply thoughtful in its analysis and evaluation of these. The specialist will be given much solid food for thought, while the student will quickly gain a substantial sense of why these issues are important and of what makes them exciting.
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