It is the result of work done by a native among natives.
...that most elusive and dfficult phase of modern life: the transformation of traditional culture under Western impact.
...since as an anthropologist he knows how difficult a process is that of readaptation; how this process must be built on the old foundations, and built slowly, gradually, and wisely, he is deeply concerned that all change should be planned, and that the planning be based on the solid foundation of fact and knowledge.
...a careful analysis of the functions of the social institutions, in relation to the need that they purport to satisfy and in relation to other institutions on which their working depends.
But there is no doubt that my own confession that "Anthropology, to me at least, was a romantic escape from our overstandardized culture," was essentially true.
B.Malinowski
Departement of Anthropology
Universtiy of London, 1938引自 序 马林诺夫斯基
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