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Bronislaw Malinowski

Alternate use: see Bronislaw Malinowski (athlete) for the Olympic champion athlete.

Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (April 7, 1884 – May 16, 1942) was a Polish-born anthropologist.

Malinowski was born in Krakow, Poland. He originated the school of social anthropology known as functionalism, holding the belief that all components of society interlock to form a well-balanced system.

University Positions:

• London School of Economics
• University of London
• Cornell University
• Harvard University
• Yale University

Notable works:

• The Trobriand Islands (1915)
• Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922)
• The Scientific Theory of Culture (1922)
• Coral Gardens and Their Magic: A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands (1935)
• Magic, Science, and Religion (1948)
• The Dynamics of Culture Change (1961)