Bronislaw Malinowski
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- Alternate use: see Bronislaw Malinowski (athlete) for the Olympic champion athlete.
Bronislav Malinowski (1884 � 1942) b. Krakow, Poland.
Malinowski originated the school of social anthropology known as functionalism, holding the belief that all components of society interlock to form a well-balanced system.
University Positions:
- London School of Economics
- University of London
- Cornell University
- Harvard University
- Yale University
Notable works:
- The Trobriand Islands (1915)
- Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922)
- The Scientific Theory of Culture (1922)
- Magic, Science, and Religion (1948)
- The Dynamics of Culture Change (1961)
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Bronislaw_Malinowski" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronislaw_Malinowski, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
