Books by Bronislaw Malinowski

This volume presents the diary of one of the great anthropologists at a crucial time in his career. Malinowski's major works grew out of his findings on field trips to New Guinea and North Melanesia from 1914-1918. His journals cover a considerable part of that period of pioneer research.

Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays

The main question of our age is how we live our lives

The main question of our age is how we live our lives

Bronislaw Malinowski achieved international recognition as the founder of "functionalism" in social anthropology, based on his studies of Melanesian society on the Trobriand Islands off New Guinea. His Crime and Custom in Savage Society is now one of the classic works of modern anthropology. In his book, Malinowski describes and analyzes the ways in which Trobriand Islanders structure and maintain the social and economic order of their tribe. This is essential reading for anyone interested in anthropology.

While much has been written about the work of Malinowski, little is known about his personal life. These letters, available for the first time, offer an insight of the man - not just as teacher and scientist but as a husband, father and friend.

This volume is a reassessment of Malinowski's work by a group of his former pupils and colleagues. A frank evaluation, not a eulogy, it examines the real and lasting importance of Malinowski's contribution to a range of subjects.

The concluding part of "Coral Gardens and Their Magic" provides a linguistic commentary to the ethnography on agriculture. Malinowski gives a full description of the language of the Trobrianders as an aspect of culture.

This volume discusses aspects of small scale societies, including the study of the mental processes, as well as indigenous economics and law.

Presents both a summing up and a reformulation of Malinowski's functional theory of culture.

In Sex and Repression in Savage Society Malinowski applies his experiences on the Trobriand Islands to the study of sexuality, and the attendant issues of eroticism, obscenity, incest, oppression, power and parenthood.

While much has been written about the work of Malinowski, little is known about his personal life. These letters offer an insight of the man not just as teacher and scientist but as a husband, father and friend.

The first part of a two volume classic devoted to the agriculture and agricultural rites of the Trobriand Islanders. This work looks at the significance of agriculture in the Trobriand Islands.