Cult and Context: The Paranoid Ethos in Melanesia

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EthosVolume 1, Issue 2 p. 153-174 Free Access Cult and Context: The Paranoid Ethos in Melanesia Theodore Schwartz, Theodore Schwartz Theodore Schwartz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, at the University of California, San Diego.Search for more papers by this author Theodore Schwartz, Theodore Schwartz Theodore Schwartz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, at the University of California, San Diego.Search for more papers by this author First published: Summer 1973 https://doi.org/10.1525/eth.1973.1.2.02a00020Citations: 25 AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat REFERENCES Bellow, Saul. 1961. Herzog. Fawcett. Belshaw, Cyril. 1950. The Significance of Modern Cults in Melanesian Development. Australian Outlook 4. Benedict, Ruth. 1934. Patterns of Culture. Houghton Mifflin. Cohn, Norman. 1957. The Pursuit of the Millenium. London. Cohn, Norman. 1961. The Pursuit of the Millennium. Harper and Row. Devereux, George. 1956. “ Normal and Abnormal: The Key Problem of Psychiatric Anthropology.” In: The Anthropological Society of Washington. Some Uses of Anthropology: Theoretical and Applied. Wash., D.C. Devereux, George. 1970. “ Normal et anormal.” (An expansion of the above article.) In: Essais d'éthnopsychiatrie générale. Gallimard. Durkheim, Emile. 1938. The Rules of Sociological Method.. Firth, Raymond. 1955. The Fate of the Soul: An Interpretation of Some Primitive Concepts. Cambridge University Press. Fortune, Reo. 1932. Sorcerers of Dobu. The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific. Dutton. Fortune, Reo. 1935. Manus Religion: An Ethnological Study of the Manus Natives of the Admiralty Islands. University of Nebraska Press. Guiart, Jean. 1951. Forerunners of Melanesian Nationalism. Oceania 22. Hallowell, A. Irving.1955. Culture and Experience. University of Pennsylvania Press. Hitson, Hazel, and D. Funkenstein. 1959. Family Patterns and Para-noidal Personality Structure in Boston and Burma. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 5. Hofstadter, Richard. 1965. The Paranoid Style in American Politics. Knopf. Lanternari, Vittorio. 1963. The Religions of the Oppressed: A Study of Modern Messianic Cults. Knopf. Lawrence, Peter. 1964. Road Belong Cargo: A Study of the Cargo Movement in the Southern Madang District, New Guinea. University of Manchester Press. Lawrence, Peter, and Mervyn Meggitt. 1965. Gods, Ghosts, and Men in Melanesia. Oxford University Press. Lerner, Max. 1970. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Paranoia. Los Angeles Times.. McClelland, David P. 1961. The Achieving Society. Van Nostrand. Mead, Margaret. 1930. Growing Up in New Guinea. Morrow. Mead, Margaret. 1938. The Mountain Arapesh: An Importing Culture. Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History 36. Sahlins, Marshall. 1968. Tribesmen. Prentice-Hall. Schwartz, Lola. 1969. The Hierarchy of Resort in Curative Practices: The Admiralty Islands, Melanesia. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 10. Schwartz, Theodore. 1962. The Paliau Movement in the Admiralty Islands, 1946–1954. Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History 49. Schwartz, Theodore. 1963. Systems of Areal Integration: Some Considerations Based on the Admiralty Islands of Northern Melanesia. Anthropological Forum 1. Schwartz, Theodore. 1968. Beyond Cybernetics: Constructs, Expectations, and Goals in Human Adaptation. Paper presented at Wenner-Gren Foundation Symposium, Burg Wartenstein. Schwartz, Theodore. 1972. Distributive Models of Culture in Relation to Societal Scale. Paper presented at Wenner-Gren Foundation Symposium, Burg Wartenstein. Souter, Gavin. 1963. New Guinea: The Last Unknown. Angus and Robertson. Spiro, Melford E. 1967. Burmese Supernaturalism. Prentice-Hall. Swanson, David W., Philip J. Bohnert and Jackson A. Smith. 1970. The Paranoid. Little, Brown and Company. Wallace, Anthony F. C. 1956. Revitalization Movements. American Anthropologist 58. Wallis, Wilson. 1943. Messiahs: Their Role in Civilizations. American Council on Public Affairs. Whiting, John W. M. 1941. Becoming a Kwoma. New Haven. Worsley, Peter. 1968. The Trumpet Shall Sound: A Study of “Cargo Cults” in Melanesia. Schocken Books. Citing Literature Volume1, Issue2Summer 1973Pages 153-174 ReferencesRelatedInformation