ABSTRACT
C u l t u r e : AC r i t i c a l R e v i e w o f C o n c e p t s a n d D e f i n i t i o n s , byKroeberandKluckhohn,ispresentedas"acriticalreviewofdefinitionsand ageneraldiscussionofculturetheory"(p. 157).Itspurposeisthreefold:"First,...to makeavailableinoneplaceforpurposesof referenceacollectionofdefinitionsbyanthropologists,sociologists,psychologists,philosophersandothers....Second,...[todocument] thegradualemergenceandrefinementofaconcept...[theauthors]believetobeofgreat... significance.Third,...toassistotherinvestigatorsinreachingagreementandgreaterprecisionindefinitionbypointingoutandcommentinguponagreementsanddisagreementsin thedefinitionsthusfarpropounded"(p.4).
