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Alas, this was only a false hope, or so Derek Freeman goes to tremendous lengths to prove in Margaret Mead and Samoa. The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth. The book is surprisingly anti-Mead. Although Freeman claims his book is only a formal refutation of Mead's work, it is unfortunately much more than that. Like far too many social and hard scientists, Freeman has been caught up in and swept away by ideological debates from which he should have been free. The debate, once again, is nature versus nurture. In contrast to Mead's strong concern with...
...some ways, Freeman's book is a strong and well-researched anthropological work on Samoan society. He provides a valuable chronicle of the scientific and intellectual battles in which Mead could not avoid participating, and traces the development of the opposing views of biological and cultural determinism during the last half of the 19th century and up until 1925 when Mead went to Samoa to do her research. He describes the immense influence of Francis Galton, the late-19th century advocate of eugenics and a staunch believer that heredity is all a man brings with him into the world, that...
...Robert M. "Skip" Nelson, the pre-med advisor at Dunster House said that while his advises "weren't outwardly shaking" the anxiety level seems higher than when he took the exam some years ago. John P. Freeman '84 said he approached the test with a "mellower" attitude than most students have. After the exam "I plan to get thouroughly trashed" he said...
...have problems with their tenacity in holding onto ROTC in their name," said Victor G Freeman '84 adding "To me it doesn't change anything...
...Freeman and other student delegates raised objections yesterday based on the Undergraduate Council's preliminary debate of the proposal at its Sunday meeting. At that time, several Council members pointed out that the five student committee members could not endorse the proposal because military and ROTC policies against hiring and recruiting homosexuals and handicapped students would be in conflict with the council's constitution...