In Search of the Primitive: A Critique of Civilization - Paperbackby Stanley Diamond (Author) Anthropology is a kind of debate between human possibilities a dialectical movement between the anthropologist as a modern man and the primitive peoples he studies. In Search of the Primitive is a tough minded book containing chapters ranging from encounters in the field to essays on the nature of law, schizophrenia and civilization, and the evolution of the work of Claude L? vi Strauss. Above all it is reflective and self