Piotrowski, Z.A. (1946). Linton, Ralph. The Cultural Background of Personality. [New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1945. Pp. XIX + 157. $1.50.. Psychoanal. Rev., 33:384-385.

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(1946). Psychoanalytic Review, 33:384-385

Linton, Ralph. The Cultural Background of Personality. [New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1945. Pp. XIX + 157. $1.50.

Review by: Z. A. Piotrowski

The purpose of this slender volume by a Columbia University professor of anthropology is to define the basic terms, to present the main generalizations well supported by wide and varied empirical data, and to formulate some important and unsolved problems of a new science. This new science is devoted to the dynamics of human behavior and has developed through the collaboration of various disciplines, notably anthropology, sociology and psychology (including psychoanalysis). The book is designed to facilitate the collaboration, by clarifying the concepts and issues. The point is made that none of the specific scientific disciplines is sufficient to solve the problems inherent in a study of the cultural background of personality. This point is documented by well chosen examples taken from experience. The author has achieved his purpose admirably. The book is written very clearly and concisely.

The definitions have been formulated to facilitate orientation and creative work in the

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