Word: characterized
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Riesman, in his inaugural lecture, discussed the origins and problems of work in the field of national character, with special reference to the American case. He distinguished between two kinds of approach: the "classical," emphasizing generalizations that can be applied to any society; and the "romantic," concerned with a particular...
The study of national character, according to Riesman, has grown out of an interaction of psychoanalysis, anthropology and history. The first two fields have a kinship, he remarked, in their common concern for "underprivileged data," (dreams, games, weaning habits), and search for "the rivulet of motive in the tidal wave...
David Riesman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, will deliver his inaugural lecture at 4:30 this afternoon in the New Lecture Hall. His subject will be "The Study of National Character: Some Observations on the American Case."
The first crime of the detective stories is that they can no longer hold even such a willing victim as Jacques Barzun in any suspense. Writers nowadays try to create suspense by merely delaying the story with digressions, or by causing the characters to become confused: " 'He had stopped...
David Riesman '31 will give his inaugural lecture as Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 in New Lecture Hall. He will speak on "The study of national character; some observations on the American case." Riesman will give a General Education course in the Social...