This paper is very broad in its scope, condensed in its form, and provocative in its presentation. Among other things, Devereux attempts to define four axes of human behavior: the biological, experiential, cultural and neurotic. Later on he discusses The Fate of the Culture in Mental Illness and differentiates the outcome in the normal, the immature, the neurotic, and the psychotic. He believes that the anthropologist has the particular task of developing a culturally neutral psychotherapy. Only then will the New York psychiatrist be able to treat with equal efficiency the refined lady, an Eskimo seal hunter, and a Filipino scout.