{"product_id":"truths-fool-derek-freeman-and-the-war-over-cultural-anthropology-hardcover","title":"Truth's Fool: Derek Freeman and the War Over Cultural Anthropology - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter J. Hempenstall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarlies Comjean\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Zealand anthropologist Derek Freeman ignited a ferocious controversy in 1983 when he denounced the research of Margaret Mead, a world-famous public intellectual who had died five years earlier. Freeman's claims caught the attention of popular media, converging with other vigorous cultural debates of the era. Many anthropologists, however, saw Freeman's strident refutation of Mead's best-selling \u003ci\u003eComing of Age in Samoa\u003c\/i\u003e as the culmination of a forty-year vendetta. Others defended Freeman's critique, if not always his tone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruth's Fool\u003c\/i\u003e documents an intellectual journey that was much larger and more encompassing than Freeman's criticism of Mead's work. It peels back the prickly layers to reveal the man in all his complexity. Framing this story within anthropology's development in Britain and America, Peter Hempenstall recounts Freeman's mission to turn the discipline from its cultural-determinist leanings toward a view of human culture underpinned by biological and behavioral drivers. \u003ci\u003eTruth's Fool\u003c\/i\u003e engages the intellectual questions at the center of the Mead-Freeman debate and illuminates the dark spaces of personal, professional, and even national rivalries.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Hempenstall is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and a conjoint professor of history at the University of Newcastle in Australia. His many books include \u003ci\u003ePacific Islanders under German Rule\u003c\/i\u003e and the biographies \u003ci\u003eThe Meddlesome Priest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Man: Wilhelm Solf in German History \u003c\/i\u003e(coauthored with Paula Tanaka Mochida).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467926978813,"sku":"9780299314507","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/V1BsczVoQjArMG80d09vaGNrSitYdz09.webp?v=1777281496","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/truths-fool-derek-freeman-and-the-war-over-cultural-anthropology-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}