In Defense of Culture

Wierzbicka, Anna

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In Defense of Culture

Date

2005

Authors

Wierzbicka, Anna

Publisher

Sage Publications Inc

Abstract

The concept of 'culture', as used in anthropology and related fields, has been under continual and mounting criticism for several decades. This paper argues that while this concept needs indeed to be scrutinized and problematized, we are nonetheless much