Reviews for Cultural Guidance in the Development of the Human Mind

The average rating for Cultural Guidance in the Development of the Human Mind based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-02-05 00:00:00 Brett Piskorowski I intended to add this to my GoodReads list soon after I started reading it,and update my progress the way I usually do, but I could not: I was too busy reading it through and through. Mo-Lini's (Mo-Lini was the name the Teduray had for Schlegel) mix of personal and academic tones makes for reading that is both insightful and touching. People coming to this book specifically for information about the Figel Teduray should be warned: this is NOT an academic work, but a memoir by an anthropologist who had been deeply influenced by his subjects. The most important parts of the book are Schlegel's self-insights as influenced by the people of Figel, and if the account is not taken for the personal account that it is, it can be a bit frustrating, as details of Figel Teduray cosmology or legal systems and so on are not fully explored. But read this with an open mind, and you'll see that these details are not the point. This book is not about encoding systems and facts, but about relationships and people, and that unique ability of the Figel Teduray to just live life; their art and wisdom of living. Mo-Lini captured an image of the way of the Figel Teduray, and it changed him. And he wrote about it in this book. The Figel Teduray Stuart Schlegel knew, I think, would have called that "just-right". R.E.de Leon Concepcion Uno, Marikina 2001-03-17 13:26h

Review # 2 was written on 2017-11-02 00:00:00 Suzi Frye Anthropologist goes to the rainforest to live with an 'uncivilized' tribe, only to find out they are by far more civilized than us in many many ways. I learned some great things from the book, but there was too much "anthropological" detail for my taste. Like 5 pages dedicated to explaining corn planting... I just have no interest in that and skipped it. Although I hate to skip stuff, the book did interest me more than enough to read it anyway. I suppose the author got carried away and it sounded like memoirs many times. The book will teach you things, things you thought you knew but really didn't. It reminded me a lot of Viktor Frankl's Man's Search For Meaning. If you loved that book you'll surely love this one as well.