The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.
The ultimate truth is mystical truth, the ultimate reality is sacred chaos.
Somewhere beyond Tibet, among the icy peaks and secluded valleys of Central Asia, there lies an inaccessible paradise, a place of universal wisdom and ineffable peace called Shambhala . . . It is inha...
The ultimate truth is mystical truth, the ultimate reality is sacred chaos. - Muzwot
I am perhaps more proud of having helped to redeem the character of the cave-man than of any other single achievement of mine in the field of anthropology.
If two people stare at each other for more than a few seconds, it means they are about to either make love or fight. Something similar might be said about human societies. If two nearby societies are...
All social interactions require some loss of freedom.
I simply would not accede to being forced into this, and would frequently be kept out of classes because of irreverent comments and mocking this religious stuff. Frankly, it stayed with me to this day...
These hapless livers were probably not always mere myths, and these legends which traced their spilt blood in the purple bloom of the violet, the scarlet stain of the anemone, or the crimson flush or...
Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is.
A man had better study what a human being is, because he's marrying one - assuming that merely being one has not been sufficient stimulus to that study.