W R Geddes
Biographic Data
| ID | 25953 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W R Geddes |
| GIVEN NAMES | W R |
| FAMILY NAME | Geddes |
| SIGNATURE | GEDDES W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1945 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Problem of the Ethnographic Real [and Comments and Reply]
Inductivism, romanticism, and the hope of bettering the world, the founding philosophies of anthropology, also inspire documentary film making. The necessity of selection and the inescapability of theory, however, require a different philosophical basis than inductivism. In anthropology the required philosophy is the solving of intellectual problems by improving theories; in film making the better philosophy is to see film as expressing a vision …
Prestige and Culture: A Biosocial Interpretation [and Comments and Replies]
Examination of human prestige-striving in phylogenetic perspective suggests it to be essentially homologous with primate social dominance. In our own species, however, selection for "cultural capacity" has transformed striving for social dominance into striving to evaluate the self as being higher in rank than others or, in other words, into striving for self-esteem. We maintain self-esteem through symbolic means, usually referred to as seeking "…
More Thoughts on the Ik and Anthropology [and Reply]
Opium and the Miao: A Study in Ecological Adjustment
The Executive Board's statement
Anthropology and native policy
Anthropology in the South Seas: Essays Presented to H. D. Skinner
Anthropology in the South Seas: Essays Presented to H. D. Skinner
Nine Dayak Nights
The Land Dyaks of Sarawak
Acceleration of Social Change in a Fijian Community
Prestige and Culture: A Biosocial Interpretation [and Comments and Replies]
Examination of human prestige-striving in phylogenetic perspective suggests it to be essentially homologous with primate social dominance. In our own species, however, selection for "cultural capacity" has transformed striving for social dominance into striving to evaluate the self as being higher in rank than others or, in other words, into striving for self-esteem. We maintain self-esteem through symbolic means, usually referred to as seeking "…
More Thoughts on the Ik and Anthropology [and Reply]
Anthropology in the South Seas: Essays Presented to H. D. Skinner
Anthropology in the South Seas: Essays Presented to H. D. Skinner
The Problem of the Ethnographic Real [and Comments and Reply]
Inductivism, romanticism, and the hope of bettering the world, the founding philosophies of anthropology, also inspire documentary film making. The necessity of selection and the inescapability of theory, however, require a different philosophical basis than inductivism. In anthropology the required philosophy is the solving of intellectual problems by improving theories; in film making the better philosophy is to see film as expressing a vision …
Acceleration of Social Change in a Fijian Community
The Land Dyaks of Sarawak
Nine Dayak Nights
Anthropology in the South Seas: Essays Presented to H. D. Skinner
Anthropology in the South Seas: Essays Presented to H. D. Skinner
Anthropology and native policy
Opium and the Miao: A Study in Ecological Adjustment
The Executive Board's statement
Prestige and Culture: A Biosocial Interpretation [and Comments and Replies]
Examination of human prestige-striving in phylogenetic perspective suggests it to be essentially homologous with primate social dominance. In our own species, however, selection for "cultural capacity" has transformed striving for social dominance into striving to evaluate the self as being higher in rank than others or, in other words, into striving for self-esteem. We maintain self-esteem through symbolic means, usually referred to as seeking "…
More Thoughts on the Ik and Anthropology [and Reply]
The Problem of the Ethnographic Real [and Comments and Reply]
Inductivism, romanticism, and the hope of bettering the world, the founding philosophies of anthropology, also inspire documentary film making. The necessity of selection and the inescapability of theory, however, require a different philosophical basis than inductivism. In anthropology the required philosophy is the solving of intellectual problems by improving theories; in film making the better philosophy is to see film as expressing a vision …
Sociology (9 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Library science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (3 works)