title: Window on Humanity: A Concise Introduction to General Anthropology
author: Conrad Kottak
description: Conrad Phillip Kottak (A.B. Columbia, 1963; Ph.D. Columbia, 1966) is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1968. In 1991 he was honored for his teaching by the University and the state of Michigan. In 1992 he received an excellence in teaching award from the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts of the University of Michigan. Professor Kottak has done fieldwork in cultural anthropology in Brazil (since 1962), Madagascar (since 1966), and the United States. In current research projects, Kottak and his colleagues have investigated the emergence of ecological awareness in Brazil, the social context of deforestation in Madagascar, and popular participation in economic development planning in northeastern Brazil.
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  # Manhood of Humanity
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Alfred Korzybski
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
  http://www.blackmask.com
  
  * [ACKNOWLEDGEMENT](manhu_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [PREFACE](manhu_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [Chapter I. Introduction. Method and Processes of
  
  
  Approach to a New Concept of Life
  
  
  * [Chapter II. Childhood of Humanity](manhu_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [Chapter III. Classes of Life](manhu_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [Chapter IV. What Is Man?](manhu_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [Chapter V. Wealth](manhu_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [Chapter VI. Capitalistic Era](manhu_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [Chapter VII. Survival of the Fittest](manhu_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [Chapter VIII. Elements Of Power](manhu_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [Chapter IX. Manhood Of Humanity](manhu_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [Chapter X. Conclusion](manhu_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [Appendix I. Mathematics And Time-Binding](manhu_split_14.html#1_0_14)
  
  
  * [Appendix I