Recovering Bartlett's social psychology of cultural dynamics

Despite the current treatment of Frederic C. Bartlert as a cognitive psycho logist, his psychology was fundamentally socio-cultural. More than half a c entury after the publication of Psychology and Primitive Culture (1923) and Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology (1932), his the oretical contribution has contemporary implications for a social psychology that takes culture seriously. This paper seeks to recover and appraise Bar tlett's social psychology in light of the recent literature on culture and psychology, and discusses his relevance for a social psychology of cultural dynamics. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.