Comparative methods
►Cannibalism
and imprisonment: incorporating the enemy vs. banishing the enemy (pp.
387-89)
►“Analysis of this kind, if
carried out sincerely and methodically… introduces an
element of moderation and honesty into our evaluation of customs
and ways of life very remote from our own… and
removes from our own customs that air of
inherent rightness which they so easily have” (p.
389)
►“Every effort to understand
destroys the object” (p. 411)