%0 Journal Article
%T The Mead¨CFreeman Controversy Continues: A Reply to Ian Jarvie
%A Paul Shankman
%J Philosophy of the Social Sciences
%@ 1552-7441
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0048393117753067
%X In the Mead¨CFreeman controversy, Ian Jarvie has supported much of Derek Freeman¡¯s critique of Margaret Mead¡¯s Coming of Age in Samoa, arguing that Samoan society was sexually repressive rather than sexually permissive, that Mead was ¡°hoaxed¡± about Samoan sexual conduct, that Mead was an ¡°absolute¡± cultural determinist, that Samoa was a definitive case refuting Mead¡¯s ¡°absolute¡± cultural determinism, that Mead¡¯s book changed the direction of cultural anthropology, and that Freeman¡¯s personal conduct during the controversy was thoroughly professional. This article calls into question these empirical and theoretical arguments, often using Freeman¡¯s own field research and publications
%K Mead
%K Freeman
%K culture
%K biology
%K anthropology
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0048393117753067