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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, 1884 – May 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.
University positions
- London School of Economics
- University of London
- Cornell University
- Harvard University
- Yale University
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)