#ruth benedict

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DR. RUTH BENEDICT // ANTHROPOLOGIST

"She was an American anthropologist and folklorist. She studied anthropology at the New School of Social Research under Dr. Elsie Clews Parsons, and did graduate studies at Columbia University. She shared a romantic relationship with her former student and colleague Margaret Mead. She was president of the American Anthropological Association and also a prominent member of the American Folklore Society. She became the first woman to be recognised as a prominent leader of a learned profession."

[loveswitchery]

I shall lie once with beauty, Breast to breast;

Ruth Benedict, an excerpt from New Year, c. 1922

[sleepy-cephalopod-studies]

Finished my second book of this year: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict!

It's definitely biased in that it's largely anecdotal evidence as interpreted by Western anthropologists and other social scientists, but it's a very important work given context. This was imo the first step of Americans and their interest in the perspective of Japanese culture and philosophy after WWII--at that time, I can absolutely see why so many Westerners developed a huge interest in Japanese culture and society after the war. Even if it's not necessarily an accurate snapshot of contemporary Japanese culture, it has meaning as a first academic step towards understanding between these two nations after a very brutal conflict.

Also, the anecdotal evidence is pretty interesting. I personally love Benedict's writing on how Japanese strikes happened vs American ones: in Japan, laborers seemed to actually increase productivity as much as possible after locking out and barring their managers from coming into work. Basically, the point was to prove they worked way better when their superiors weren't there, so why keep them in charge?

[the-chomsky-hash]

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[thebubblesoutlet]

How to scare the Bridgerton fandom:

I love them 🥰🥰🥰

[didanagy]

BRIDGERTON SEASON 3 (PART 2)

SPOILER

[violetbridgertongifs]

RUTH GEMMELL as Violet Bridgerton & LUKE THOMPSON as Benedict Bridgerton BRIDGERTON (2020—Present) 1.01 'Diamond of the First Water'

[squirreljc2]

I swear. They must have been putting something in the lube on that set

[mishacollins]

поточний настрій.

[samsrowena]

enough about the finale. look at ruthie

[austinbutlermischief]

[bestofsimoneashley]

Simone Ashley behind the scenes of Bridgerton Season 3

[captainbucky-yt]

LUKE THOMPSON as Benedict Bridgerton | S3E01 'Out Of The Shadows' [x]

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