Ruth Benedict: American anthropologist, author of Patterns of Culture, 1887 to 1948.
Ruth Benedict · The source reads: “From the moment of his birth the customs into which [an individual] is born shape his experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture.” · Patterns of Culture (1934), ch. 1
Ruth Benedict · The source reads: “In world history, those who have helped to build the same culture are not necessarily of one race, and those of the same race have not all participated in one culture. In scientific language, culture is not a function of race.” · Race: Science and Politics (1940), ch. 2
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