Margaret Mead

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Warfare... Is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.

Margaret Mead

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War

Author

Margaret Mead

Source

Warfare is Only an Invention—Not a Biological Necessity

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Mead, Margaret. "Warfare is Only an Invention--Not a Biological Necessity." Asia, Aug. 1940.

Historically our own culture has relied for the creation of rich and contrasting values upon many artificial distinctions, the most striking of which is sex...If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

Margaret Mead

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Topic

Gender roles

Author

Margaret Mead

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Mead, Margaret. Sex Temperament in Three Primitive Societies. William Morrow/George Routledge & Sons, 1935, conclusion.

Current Citation

Mead, Margaret. Sex & Temperament in Three Primitive Societies. Harper Perennial, 2001, conculusion.

Female animals defending their young are notoriously ferocious and lack the playful delight in combat which characterizes the mock combats of males of the same species. There seems very little ground for claiming that the mother of young children is more peaceful, more responsible, and more thoughtful for the welfare of the human race than is her husband or brother.

Margaret Mead

Male and Female

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Mothers and children

Author

Margaret Mead

Source

Male and Female

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Mead, Margaret. Male & Female. Pelican, 1962, introduction.

As the traveller who has been once from home is wiser than he who has never left his own door step, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinise more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.

Margaret Mead

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Effects of travel

Author

Margaret Mead

Source

Coming of Age in Samoa

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Mead, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation. William Morrow and Co., 1928, introduction.

Current Citation

Mead, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation. Mariner Books Classics, 2001, introduction.