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The psychology of Great Russiansessay 1949 • Gorer, Geoffrey
Russians • Europe > Eastern Europe
This study highlights behaviors presumed typical of adult Russians, the most important reflecting deep-seated contradictions and ambiguities in the Russian cultural ethos related to equality, hierarchy, love and compassion. In particular, the author ...Himalayan villageBook 1938 • Gorer, Geoffrey & Hutton, J. H.
Lepcha • Asia > Central Asia
The field-work for this book was done by Gorer in the company of John Morris (for his description of the Lepcha see 2: Morris). As a result of observations made in common, and the relatively small size of the village studied, there is some overlap in...The use of thread-crosses in Lepcha lamaist ceremoniesarticle 1951 • Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René de & Gorer, Geoffrey
Lepcha • Asia > Central Asia
This article describes various ceremonies in which thread-crosses of Bön origin, called DEU in Lepcha and MBOS in Tibetan, are used, for instance, in the Cherim ceremony and in ceremonies for the prevention and curing of diseases. The distribution of...