Admit Quote by Steven Pinker

In anthropology, which historically exists to 'give voice' to others, there is no greater taboo than self-revelation. The impetus of our discipline, with its…

— Ruth Behar

An observer will see the bizarre developments of behavior only in alien cultures, not his own. Nevertheless this is obviously a local and temporary…

— Ruth Benedict

History shows that it is not only senseless and cruel, but also difficult to state who is a foreigner.

— Claudio Magris

“What if the theories in psychology that dominate our mainstream culture are flawed, rather than the people they diagnose? That we close our eyes…

— Dr. Kristen Lee

“The first time the extent of this problem was obvious to me was when I was hanging out with a small group of people…

— Simone Collins

“Our cultures domesticate us for obscure purposes, nurturing and encouraging certain aspects of our behavior and tendencies while seeking to eliminate those that might…

— Christopher Ryan

Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.

— Margaret Mead

“Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit. —Wade Davis”

— Denise Alvarado

“On various occasions, especially in trying to think of western American history in the context of the worldwide history of colonialism, it has struck…

— Patricia Nelson Limerick

“Humans are unique in having the astonishing capacity to extend our sympathies far beyond the here and now. through time and space, to anywhere…

— Andrew Westoll

“No psychologist who deals with the half-tamed demons that inhabit the human beast can expect to come through the struggle unscathed. —Sigmund Freud I’M”

— Peter Gilboy

“Individual cultures and ideologies have their appropriate uses but none of them erase or replace the universal experiences, like love and weeping and laughter,…

— Aberjhani