Malinowski presents in this book his definitive statement of the theory of functionalism. As the essential clue to the understanding of human behavior, primitiv

Published, posthumously, this volume is both a summing up and a reformulation of Malinowski's functional theory of culture.

First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This comprehensive and authoritative statement of fundamental principles of sociological analysis integrates approaches that are often seen as mutually exclusiv