Word: insights
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Professor Kluckhohn pointed out that the works of Proust offer insight on human behavior and that the books of Alexis de Tocqueville are invaluable in formulating general theories of social science...
...They have considerable intuitive insight into the structure of our culture. They know that intellectual endeavor will lead them to little 'recognition' and less salary. They know how vital 'success' is to security in our society...
...main effort was to be the construction of a bridge of insight between his time and traditional Western culture. He spanned a small part of that gap when he went to live in London, became a British subject. Before the building began, however, and probably before Eliot had any notion of where he was going, he had to tap, test and question the world around...
...book, Island of Death (J. J. Augustin; $7), Dr. Werner Wolff, professor of psychology at Bard College, N.Y., tackles the problem with a "psychological" approach. There is plenty of scattered information about Easter Island, says Dr. Wolff. Why not fit the pieces together and use psychological insight to reconstruct the island's ancient culture? Then the mystery of the statues might be solved...
...Marosszék (Andor Foldes, pianist; Vox, 3 sides). Kodály (pronounced Kó-die-ee), who with the late Béla Bartók spent years researching and recording Hungarian folk music, based these picturesque fantasies on Transylvanian dances; Pianist Foldes plays them with the insight and technique of a native Hungarian, which he is. Recording: good...