Quotes about Anthropology

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The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens ('wise man'). In any case it's an arrogant and — Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld II: The Globe
I am not the first to suggest that anthropology arose in Western thought in an inauspicious period, one characterized by — Marilynne Robinson
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. — Ruth Benedict
A man had better study what a human being is, because he's marrying one - assuming that merely being one has not been su — Pope Pius XI
There is more to the human mind than its evolutionary heritage. — Kenan Malik
Gómez had suggested I steal a fish to achieve more courage and purpose. I regarded this task as an anthropological exper — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
Nowhere is it writ that anthropoid apes should understand reality. — Terence McKenna
Marriage," "mating," and "love" are socially constructed phenomena that have little or no transferable meaning outside a — Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
I remember taking an anthropology class in college and the professor was explaining that there is little 'sexual dimorph — Brandon Stanton, Humans of New York
[W]e might do better here to think of culture as fashion. And in fashion, of course, the key is not wearing a particular — James Ferguson, Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt
If I want to understand an individual human being, I must lay aside all scientific knowledge of the average man and disc — C.G. Jung, The Essential Jung: Selected Writings
All social interactions require some loss of freedom. — Erol Ozan
I used to say to my classes that the ways to get insight are: to study infants; to study animals; to study primitive peo — Margaret Mead
There was a time when Men functioned through the mind and Women from their heart, now its Men who feel more and women th — Ramana Pemmaraju
It appears now to be universally admitted that, before the exile, the Israelites had no belief in rewards and punishment — Thomas Henry Huxley, The Evolution Of Theology: An Anthropological Study
In years past, a person died, and eventually all those with memories of him or her also died, bringing about the complet — Minae Mizumura, Inheritance from Mother
These hapless livers were probably not always mere myths, and these legends which traced their spilt blood in the purple — Sir George James Frazer
I personally cannot discern a shred of evidence for ‘[intelligent] design.’ If 97% of all creatures have gone extinct, s — Irven Devore
Try seeing, feeling, and tasting the water you swim in the way a land animal might perceive it. You may find the experie — Erin Meyer, The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
It is the character of lived experience I want to explore, not the nature of man. — Michael James Jackson