ABSTRACT
RodneyNeedham,S t r u c t u r e a n d S e n t i m e n t . Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1962.
ANYREASONEDINQUIRYseekstounderstandits subject-matter,andthekindofunderstanding appropriateinanyparticularcasewilldepend bothupontheinterestsoftheinquirerandupon
FromB r i t i s h J o u r n a l o f S o c i o l o g y , 10(1959: 45-59.Copyright©1959byRoutledgeandKegan PaulLtd.Reprintedbypermissionofthepublisher
JOHNH.M.BEATTIE
thekindofmaterialheisinvestigating.Social anthropologistshavenotalwaysbeenagreedas toexactlywhattheirsub-matterisorastothe natureoftheirinterestinit.I t maythereforebe usefultosee,firstofall,whatitisthatpresent-
andtheauthor.JohnH.M.BeattieisLecturerin Anthropology,OxfordUniversity.
