Monica Wilson
South African anthropologist (1908-1982)
Monica Wilson, née Hunter (3 January 1908 – 26 October 1982) was a South African anthropologist, who was professor of social anthropology at the University of Cape Town.
Quotes
edit- I define success by my well-being and privilege to live a location-independent lifestyle that is filled with options and freedom of choice to live my life based on what’s best for me.
- I’m not naïve and I’m not belittling anyone’s experience, I just personally have not felt the discrimination and the idea that I’m not wanted here.
- Rituals reveal values at their deepest level...it is the values of the group that are revealed. I see in the study of rituals the key to an understanding of the essential constitution of human societies.[3]