Ian Hogbin

Herbert Ian Priestly Hogbin, actually Herbert William Hogbin ( born December 17, 1904 in Bawtry, Yorkshire, † August 1, 1989 in Sydney) was an Australian anthropologist British origin.

Life and work

Hogbin et al studied Alfred Radcliffe -Brown at the University of Sydney.

He carried out field work by the Solomon Islands and New Guinea.

Writings (selection )

• Social Advancement in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. In: Oceania, Vol 8 (1938 ), No. 3, pp. 289-305, ISSN 0029-8077.

• Law and Order in Polynesia. A Study of Primitive Legal Institution. Cooper Square Publ, New York 1972, ISBN 0-8154-0435-2 ( Nachdr d ed London 1934)
• Development and Welfare in the Western Pacific (Australia into a new world; Vol. 1). Australian Institute of International affairs, Sydney 1944 (together with Camilla H. Wedgwood ).
• Transformation Scene. The changing culture of a New Guinea village ( The Sociology of Development, Vol 18). Routledge, London 1998 ( Nachdr d ed London 1951).
• A Guadalcanal Society. The KAOKA Speakers ( Case studies in cultural anthropology ). Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, New York 1964.
• The Iceland of Menstruating Men religion in Wogeo, New Guinea. Chandler Press, Scranton, 1970, ISBN 0-8102-0386-3.
• The leaders and the LED. social control in Wogeo, New Guinea. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic. 1978, ISBN 0-5228-4138-4.
• Experiments in civilization. The effects of European culture on a native community of the Solomon islands. Schocken Books, New York, 1970 ( EA Routledge Kegan Paul, London 1969).