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Central aim
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3 central themes
Aspects of culture cannot be studied in isolation
Central contribution
Functionalist
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Culture
Culture is the assemblage of artefacts and
Culture
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Functionalism
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Example
Boat building
Magic
Economics
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Rest: Psychological
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Example
But, cooperation was not an end in itself
Image of man
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Image of man
Malinowskis stand was simply that apparently
Function
The family was to Malinowski, also basically a
Culture
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In the Trobriand islands boys resented not their
Criticisms
Malinowskis emphasis was all on the individual