Disciplines
Other Humanities (25%); History, Archaeology (50%); Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (25%)
Keywords
Historie,
Cultural Studies,
History Of Science And Technology
Abstract
This dissertation explores the biographies of two pioneering anthropologists, Margaret Mead
(1901-1978) and Gregory Bateson (1904-1980), between the years 1930 and 1950. By
tracing their life and work, it investigates how they helped transform anthropology as
a discipline, both methodologically and theoretically, and how they applied
their anthropological expertise in engineering the attitudes of the American people during the
Second World War.