South African anthropologist (1906–1983)

The gestalt theory and the problem of configuration / by Bruno Petermann ; [translated by Meyer Fortes].

Soviet and western anthropology / edited by Ernest Gellner ; with an introduction by Meyer Fortes.

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The gestalt theory and the problem of configuration / by Bruno Petermann ; [translated by Meyer Fortes].

Soviet and western anthropology / edited by Ernest Gellner ; with an introduction by Meyer Fortes.