A 1993 collection of the writings of Bronislaw Malinowski, born and educated in Poland, who helped to establish British social anthropology.

Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; Introduction: Malinowski's reading, writing, 1904-1914; Part I. Malinowski's writings, 1904-1914: 1. Observations on Friedrich Nietzche's The Birth of Tragedy (1904/5); 2. On the principle of the economy of thought (1906); 3. Religion and magic: The Golden Bough (1910); 4. Totemism and exogamy (1911-1913); 5. Tribal male associations in Australia (1912); 6. The economic aspects of the intichiuma ceremonies (1912); 7. The relation of primitive beliefs to the forms of social organization (1913); 8. A fundamental problem of religious sociology (1914); 9. Sociology of the family (1913-14); Notes; References; Index.