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Encyclopedia > Bronislaw Malinowski
For the Olympic champion athlete see Bronislaw Malinowski (athlete).
The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Bronisław Malinowski.

Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (April 7, 1884May 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. In contrast with other contemporary functionalists like Radcliffe-Brown, Malinowski argued that culture functioned to meet the needs of individuals, not the culture as a whole.


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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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Bronislaw Malinowski (473 words)
Bronislaw Malinowski was born in Krakow, Poland on April 7, 1884 to Lucyan and Jozefa Malinowski.
Malinowski also discovered evidence to discredit Sigmund FreudÂ’s theory of the Oedipus Complex in the lives of the Trobianders, by proving that individual psychology depends on cultural context.
One of Malinowski's major achievements was a satisfactory integration of cultural theory with psychological science.
Malinowski and the Saintly Savages - By Adarsh A. Varghese (2115 words)
Malinowski and the Saintly Savages - By Adarsh A. Varghese
Malinowski further describes that the head of the team in a canoe has first of all the obligation to finance the building of the canoe when an old one is worn out he has to maintain it in good shape with the help his crew.
Again, Malinowski observes that on the death of her husband a widow is obligated to wail and weep in a ceremony, because the strength of her grief affords direct satisfaction to the deceased man's brothers and maternal relatives.
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