Background
Goldschmidt, Walter Rochs was born on February 24, 1913 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Hermann and Gretchen (Rochs) Goldschmidt.
(An examination of the social consequences of the shift fr...)
An examination of the social consequences of the shift from cattle pastorialism to hoe farming in an aboriginal tribal society. Discusses the problems that emerge as a result of the change and the institutions that are forced to cope with these problems.
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The Bridge to Humanity: How Affect Hunger Trumps the Selfish Gene explores the relationship of biology and culture in the evolution of human behavior. Building upon several of the theoretical issues he first addressed in Man's Way, renowned anthropologist Walter Goldschmidt presents a unique look at how human culture functions through biological mechanisms that have evolved from our distant past. "Affect hunger"--the need for affective expressions from others--underlies nurturance and mutuality. Goldschmidt contends that affect hunger--in combination with other factors unique to the human species--in effect "trumps" the selfish gene and is therefore the essential missing key to understanding human behavior. Employing discussions of primate behavior, ethnographies, cognitive studies, psychological research, and hormonal and neurological studies, he demonstrates how affect hunger not only provides a reward system for learning language and other cultural information, but also remains a motive for social behavior throughout life. Transforming the debate on nature versus culture to one on nature and culture, The Bridge to Humanity provides a fresh perspective on the ways that biology and culture fit together. Indeed, in this book Goldschmidt reinterprets anthropological knowledge, profoundly affecting all students concerned with human behavior and reaching far beyond the discipline's borders.
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Goldschmidt, Walter Rochs was born on February 24, 1913 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Hermann and Gretchen (Rochs) Goldschmidt.
Bachelor of Arts, University Texas, 1933; Master of Arts, University Texas, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1942.
Social scientist, Bureau Agricultural Economics, 1940-1946; member of faculty, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1946; professor anthropology, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1956; department chairman, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964-1969; professor anthropology and psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, 1970-1983; professor emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1983. Visiting lecturer Stanford, summer 1945, University of California at Berkeley, 1949, Harvard, 1950.
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Fellow American Anthropological Association (president 1975-1976), African Studies Association (founding, board directors 1957-1960). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Southwestern Anthropological Association (president 1950-1951), American Ethnological Society (president 1969-1970), Phi Beta Kappa, SigmaXi.
Married Beatrice Lucia Gale, May 27, 1937 (deceased). Children: Karl Gale (deceased), Mark Stefan.