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The Todas
In his seminal work "The Todas", W.H.R. Rivers explores the social structure, customs, and mythology of the Toda tribe of The Nilgiri Hills in Southern India. Through detailed ethnographic research, Rivers provides a comprehensive account of the daily life and rituals of the Todas, shedding light on their unique cultural practices and beliefs. Written in a meticulous and scholarly style, Rivers' work is considered a pioneering study in the field of anthropology, influencing generations of scholars to come. His keen observations and empathetic approach towards the Todas capture the essence of a disappearing culture, making this book a valuable resource for anyone interested in indigenous societies and cultural studies. Rivers' deep connection to his subjects is evident throughout the book, as he draws from his personal experiences living among the Todas to offer an insider's perspective on their way of life. With its rich detail and insightful analysis,
Instinct and the Unconscious
W. H. R. River's 1920 treatise "Instinct and the Unconscious" attempts to put into a biological setting the system of psychotherapy. It explores at length the subconscious, repression, hysteria, neurosis, hypnotism, and many other related topics. This fascinating book will be of considerable utility to students of psychology and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of River's seminal work.
The History of Melanesian Society
This two-volume work from 1914 presents William Halse Rivers' theory of the diffusion of culture in the south-west Pacific. Volume Two details the many similarities and differences among the societies of Melanesia and the possible ways in which these contrasts could have arisen.
Freud in Cambridge
The authors explore the influence of Freud's thinking on twentieth-century intellectual and scientific life within Cambridge and beyond.
Psychology and Ethnology
First published in 1999. This is Volume V of six of a series on Anthropology and Psychology. Written in 1928, this book is a collection of essays and series of memoirs on ethnological subjects that are scattered in volumes not readily accessible to students.
Regeneration
Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, where army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, as well as mute Billy Prior, who is only able to communicate by means of pencil and paper. Rivers�s job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough to fight. Yet the closer he gets to mending his patients� minds the harder becomes every decision to send them back to the horrors of the front � Regeneration is the classic exploration of how the traumas of war brutalised a generation of young men. The first book in the Regeneration trilogy
The Ethnographic Experiment
In 1908, Arthur Maurice Hocart and William Halse Rivers Rivers conducted fieldwork in the Solomon Islands and elsewhere in Island Melanesia that served as the turning point in the development of modern anthropology. The work of these two anthropological pioneers on the small island of Simbo brought about the development of participant observation as a methodological hallmark of social anthropology. This would have implications for Rivers’ later work in psychiatry and psychology, and Hocart’s work as a comparativist, for which both would largely be remembered despite the novelty of that independent fieldwork on remote Pacific islands in the early years of the 20th Century. Contributors to this volume—who have all carried out fieldwork in those Melanesian locations where Hocart and Rivers worked—give a critical examination of the research that took place in 1908, situating those efforts in the broadest possible contexts of colonial history, imperialism, the history of ideas and scholarly practice within and beyond anthropology.
Medicine, Magic and Religion
One of the most fascinating men of his generation, W.H.R. Rivers was a British doctor and psychiatrist as well as a leading ethnologist. Immortalized as the hero of Pat Barker's award-winning Regeneration trilogy, Rivers was the clinician who, in the First World War, cared for the poet Siegfried Sassoon and other infantry officers injured on the western front. His researches into the borders of psychiatry, medicine and religion made him a prominent member of the British intelligentsia of the time, a friend of H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell. Part of his appeal lay in an extraordinary intellect, mixed with a very real interest in his fellow man. Medicine, Magic and Religion is a prime example of this. A social institution, it is one of Rivers' finest works. In it, Rivers introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.
The Semantics of Colour
This book presents the basic principles of modern colour semantics and discusses the crucial differences between modern and historical colour studies.
The Disappearance of Useful Arts
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