THE PLACE OF THE TERM "CULTURE" IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES/THE NATURE OF CULTURE/CULTURE CONSISTS OF IDEAS... (Book).

This article presents information about the books "The Place of the Term Culture in the Social Sciences," "The Nature of Culture," "Culture Consists of Ideas," "The Best Definition of Culture," "The Importance of the Most Useful Definition of the Term Culture" and "The Relations Between Culture, Human Interaction, Personality and History." All these books have been written by Albert Blumenthal. In his first book, "The Place of the Term Culture in the Social Sciences," one finds a presentation of eleven different types of statements regarding the meaning of the term "cul- ture." In his third book "Culture Consists of Ideas," Blumenthal elaborates on his concept of culture by maintaining that culture consists of ideas themselves and not of pattern, communication, accumulation, et cetera and that the term material culture should be abandoned. Continuing his discussion of culture in his fourth book which is entitled "The Best Definition of Culture," Blumenthal defends his search for a definition of culture by saying that to devise the best synoptical definition of culture and to be a prime mover in securing general acceptance of that definition is one of the most important achievements possible in the social sciences.