Cult Backgrnd Persnlty Ils 84 (International Library of Sociology)

These five essays deal with the cultural basis of personality. The central concept, that personality is mainly an individual embodiment of culture, is approached from a somewhat different vantage point in each of the essays. The first touches on the socialization of the individual by his society into its culture; the second treats culture itself; the third discusses the phenomenon of social differentiation; the fourth is an attempt to describe the nature of personality and its manifestation in social interactions; and in the final essay the role of culture in the formation of personality is assessed.