Margaret Mead
A prolific writer, she produced 44 books and more than 1,000 articles. Her publishings were translated into many languages. (click title to entry - thank you)
Margaret Mead was a very interesting anthropologist. She and others like her believe death should be understood, but, life should be embraced.
I sincerely believe the USA is so off track with being civilized, its society is 'out of step' with appreciation of life. It may that the nation is still coping with terrorism in an ineffective way. Certainly, the link between the 'understanding' of a benevolent God and the cultural extremist that kills for 'loyalty' is promienent in social dialogues.
Rarely do we hear from anthropologists regarding the topic of violence and how it is impacted by social and political speech.
Margaret Mead Quotes:
- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
- I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
- If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter.
- It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
- Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
