Psychoanalysis and Anthropology: Culture, Personality and the Unconscious

Geza Roheim was the first anthropologist to accept fully the teachings of psychoanalysis and to apply them to the data of his own discipline. In this volume, he presents a systematic evaluation of modern cultural anthropology, including the work of Mead, Benedict, and Kardiner. He demonstrates the universality of the Oedipus complex and, in doing so, presents fascinating and exhaustive analyses of primitive Australian tribes, the matrilineal culture of the Normanby Islanders, the peopleof Alor, a Brazilian highlands society, the Marquesans, and the Navajo Indians, as well as some extraordinary insights about modern cultures and nations.