Ruth Benedictová v Československu (léto 1948)

The famous book of Ruth Benedict (hereafter RB) The Chrysanthemum and the Sword about the patterns of Japanese culture was for the first time published in autumn of the year 1946 (two years ago, for the first time also translation to Czech). Had not RB died prematurely two years later, in September 1948, maybe we could today flip through the pages of similar book on the patterns of Czech national character, viewed by the American cultural anthropologist, as Czechoslovakia was one of the several countries that were, after the World War II, investigated at a distance within the frame of the interdisciplinary project (Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures), initiated by RB, who for some time herself participated in it.