Speech and Verbal Thought in Childhood: Review of Jean Piaget, The Language and Thought of the Child (1927)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Frontispiece: Edward Sapir, about 1928 6
3. Preface 15
4. SECTION ONE: CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND THE INDIVIDUAL
5. Introduction 21
6. Do We Need “Superorganic”? (1917) 27
7. Culture, Genuine and Spurious (1924) 43
8. Notes on Psychological Orientation in Given Society (1926): Hanover Conference Presentation and excerpts of discussion 73
9. Anthropology and Sociology (1927) 99
10. Speech as Personality Trait (1927) 119
11. The Meaning of Religion (1928) 133
12. Proceedings, First Colloquium on Personality, American Psychiatric Association (1928) 147
13. The Unconscious Patterning of Behavior in Society (1928) 155
14. Proceedings, Second Colloquium on Personality, American Psychiatric Association (1930) 173
15. The Cultural Approach to the Study of Personality (1930): Hanover Conference presentation and excerpts of discussion 199
16. Custom (1931) 255
17. Fashion (1931) 265
18. Cultural Anthropology and Psychiatry (1932) 277
19. Group (1932) 293
20. The Emergence of the Concept of Personality in Study of Cultures (1934) 303
21. Personality (1934) 313
22. Symbolism (1934) 319
23. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Conference on Personality and Culture (1935) 327
24. The Application of Anthropology to Human Relations (1936) 335
25. The Contribution of Psychiatry to an Understanding of Behavior in Society (1937) 343
26. Why Cultural Anthropology Needs the Psychiatrist (1938) 353
27. Letter to Philip S. Selznick, 25 October 1938 (1980) 363
28. Psychiatric and Cultural Pitfalls in the Business of Getting Living (1939) 367
29. References, Section One 381
30. SECTION TWO: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CULTURE
31. Acknowledgements 387
32. Introduction 389
33. Outline for The Psychology of Culture (1928) 413
34. Part I: The Concept of Culture
35. Chapter 1. Introductory: The Term "Culture" 421
36. Chapter 2. The Concept of Culture in the Social Sciences 441
37. Chapter 3. Causes of Culture 467
38. Chapter 4. The Elements of Culture 489
39. Chapter 5. The Patterning of Culture 509
40. Chapter 6. The Development of Culture 531
41. Part II: The Individual's Place in Culture
42. Chapter 7. Personality 545
43. Chapter 8. The Problem of Personality Types: A Review and Critique of Jung 559
44. Chapter 9. Psychological Aspects of Culture 585
45. Chapter 10. The Adjustment of the Individual in Society 603
46. Chapter 11. The Concept of "Primitive Mentality" 621
47. Part III: Symbolic Structures and Experience (1933-34)
48. Chapter 12. Symbolism 631
49. Chapter 13. The Impact of Culture on Personality 655
50. Appendices 663
51. SECTION THREE: ASSESSMENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
52. Introduction 689
53. A Freudian Half-Holiday: Review of Sigmund Freud, Delusion and Dream (1917) 695
54. Psychoanalysis as Pathfinder: Review of Oskar Pfister, The Psychoanalytic Method (1917) 699
55. A Touchstone to Freud: Review of William H. R. Rivers, Instinct and the Unconscious (1921) 704
56. Practical Psychology: Review of Frederick Pierce, Our Unconscious Mind and How to Use It (1922) 708
57. An Orthodox Psychology: Review of Robert S. Woodworth, Psychology (1922) 711
58. Two Kinds of Human Beings: Review of Carl G. Jung, Psychological Types (1923) 714
59. Review of George A. Dorsey, Why We Behave Like Human Beings (1926) 719
60. Review of Knight Dunlap, Old and New Viewpoints in Psychology (1926) 720
61. Speech and Verbal Thought in Childhood: Review of Jean Piaget, The Language and Thought of the Child (1927) 722
62. Psychoanalysis as Prophet: Review of Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion (1928 725
63. References, Section Three 727
64. SECTION FOUR: REFLECTIONS ON CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATION
65. Introduction to Sections Four and Five: Edward Sapir's Aesthetic and Cultural Criticism 731
66. Culture in the Melting Pot (1916) 749
67. Review of Paul Abelson, English- Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary (1916) 753
68. God as Visible Personality: Review of Samuel Butler, God the Known and God the Unknown (1918) 756
69. The Ends of Man: Review of J. M. Tyler, The New Stone Age in Northern Europe; Stewart Paton, Human Behavior; and E. G. Conklin, The Direction of Human Evolution (1921) 760
70. Review of Gilbert Murray, Tradition and Progress (1922) 766
71. The Epos of Man: Review of Johannes V. Jensen, The Long Journey (1923) 767
72. Racial Superiority (1924) 770
73. Are the Nordics Superior Race? (1925) 784
74. Let Race Alone (1925) 787
75. Undesirables Klanned or Banned (1925) 794
76. The Race Problem: Review of F. G. Crookshank, The Mongol in Our Midst; H. W. Siemens, Race Hygiene and Heredity; Jean Finot, Race Prejudice; and J. H. Oldham, Christianity and the Race Problem (1925) 799
77. Is Monotheism Jewish? Review of Paul Radin, Monotheism among Primitive Peoples (1925) 804
78. Review of Ludwig Lewisohn, Israel (1926) 810
79. A Reasonable Eugenist: Review of F. H. Hankins, The Racial Basis of Civilization (1927) 816
80. Observations on the Sex Problem in America (1928; also published as The Discipline of Sex, 1929, 1930) 818
81. Review of Waldo Frank, The Rediscovery of America (1929) 833
82. What is the Family Still Good For? (1929; also published 1930) 835
83. Franz Boas: Review of Franz Boas, Anthropology and Modern Life (1929) 845
84. The Skepticism of Bertrand Russell: Review of Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1929) 847
85. Two Philosophers on What Matters: Review of F. C. S. Schiller, Tantalus, or the Future of Man, and Bertrand Russell, How to Be Free and Happy (n.d., circa 1929) 850
86. Review of M. E. DeWitt, Our Oral Word as Social and Economic Factor (1929) 853
87. Our Business Civilization: Review of James Truslow Adams, Our Business Civilization (1930) 855
88. Review of Thurman W. Arnold, The Folklore of Capitalism (1938) 858
89. Appendix: John Dewey, “American Education and Culture” (1916) 863
90. SECTION FIVE: AESTHETICS
91. Percy Grainger and Primitive Music (1916) 869
92. Literary Realism (1917) 876
93. Realism in Prose Fiction (1917) 880
94. The Twilight of Rhyme (1917) 886
95. “Jean-Christophe”: An Epic of Humanity: Review of Romain Rolland, Jean-Christophe (1917) 891
96. A Frigid Introduction to Strauss: Review of Henry T. Finck, Richard Strauss, the Man and His Works (1917) 898
97. Representative Music (1918) 902
98. Sancho Panza on His Island: Review of G. K. Chesterton, Utopias of Usurers and Other Essays (1918) 909
99. A Note on French Canadian Folk-Songs (1919) 913
100. The Poet Seer of Bengal: Review of Rabindranath Tagore, Lover's Gift, Crossing, Mashi and Other Stories (1919) 915
101. Review of Cary F. Jacob, The Foundations and Nature of Verse (1919) 920
102. The Heuristic Value of Rhyme (1920) 922
103. The Poetry Prize Contest (1920) 926
104. The Musical Foundations of Verse (1921) 930
105. Maupassant and Anatole France (1921) 945
106. Gerard Hopkins: Review of Robert Bridges, ed., Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1921) 950
107. Writing as History and as Style: Review of W. A. Mason, History of the Art of Writing (1921) 955
108. Poems of Experience: Review of Edward Arlington Robinson, Collected Poems (1922) 958
109. Maxwell Bodenheim: Review of Maxwell Bodenheim, Introducing Irony (1922) 962
110. Introducing Irony: Review of Maxwell Bodenheim, Introducing Irony (1922) 964
111. The Manner of Mr. Masefield: Review of John Masefield, King Cole (1922) 967
112. Review of John Masefield, Esther and Berenice (1922) 970
113. Mr. Masters' Later Work: Review of Edgar Lee Masters, The Open Sea (1922; also published as Spoon River Muddles, 1922) 971
114. Review of Edgar Lee Masters, Children of the Market Place (1922) 974
115. Review of Gilbert Murray, Tradition and Progress 975
116. A Peep at the Hindu Spirit: Review of Ellen C. Babbitt, More Jataka Tales (1922) 976
117. Heavens: Review of Louis Untermeyer, Heavens (1922) 978
118. Review of Edward Thomas, Collected Poems (1922) 980
119. Review of Arthur Davison Ficke, Mr. Faust (1922) 981
120. Review of George Saintsbury, Letter Book (1922) 982
121. Review of Selma Lagerlöf, The Outcast (1922) 983
122. Review of Edwin Björkman, The Soul of Child (1923) 984
123. Mr. Houseman's Last Poems: Review of A. E. Houseman, Last Poems (1923) 987
124. Twelve Novelists in Search of Reason: Review of The Novel of Tomorrow and the Scope of Fiction, by Twelve American Novelists (1924) 991
125. An American Poet: Review of H. D., Collected Poems (1925) 998
126. Emily Dickinson, Primitive: Review of Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, and M. D. Bianchi, The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson (1925) 1001
127. The Tragic Chuckle: Review of Edward Arlington Robinson, Dionysus in Doubt (1925) 1007
128. Preface and Introduction to Marius Barbeau and Edward Sapir, Folk Songs of French Canada (1925) 1009
129. Review of Harold Vinal, Nor Youth nor Age (n.d., circa 1925) 1018
130. Review of Mabel Simpson, Poems (n.d., circa 1925) 1020
131. Leonie Adams: Review of Leonie Adams, Those Not Elect (1926) 1023
132. Review of James Weldon Johnson, ed., The Book of American Negro Spirituals (1928) 1026
133. When Words are Not Enough: Review of Clarence Day, Thoughts without Words (1928) 1030
134. Review of Knut Hamsun, The Women at the Pump (1928) 1032
135. References, Sections Four and Five 1033
136. Index 1037