Cultural Mentalities and Medical Science

Eskimo Medicine Man. Alaska, Exorcising Evil Spirits from a Sick Boy

In this lecture, Dr. F. S. C. Northrup, Sterling Professor of Law and Philosophy at Yale, discusses the diversity of human mentalities researched by cultural anthropology and the comparative philosophy of the world's cultures. He explains how this insight is already transforming the lawyers' conception of law.


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