British sociologist and anthropologist (1924–2013)
This article is about the British sociologist and social anthropologist. For the Australian Paralympic shooter, see
Peter Worsley (sport shooter).
Peter Maurice Worsley (6 May 1924 – 15 March 2013) was a noted
Britishsociologist and
social anthropologist. He was a major figure in both anthropology and sociology, and is noted for introducing the term Third World into English. He not only made theoretical and ethnographic contributions, but also was regarded as a key founding member of the
New Left.[1][2]
Winner of the Curl Bequest Prize (1955) of the
Royal Anthropological Institute for The kinship system of the
Tallensi: a revaluation (Published in JRAI 1956, pp. 37–75).[3]
Key works
Worsley, Peter (1957), The Trumpet Shall Sound: A study of "cargo cults in Melanesia, London: MacGibbon & Kee. Subsequent editions by MacGibbon & Kee, 1968; and Schocken Books, 1968, 1986, & 1987{{
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Worsley, Peter (1977) [1964],
The Third World, Nature of Human Society Series (3rd impression, 2nd American ed.), Chicago:
University of Chicago Press; London: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
ISBN0-226-90751-1 – introduced that term into the English language{{
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