There was no organization devoted to building upon the scientific foundation for societal improvement laid during the last seven decades by Ashley Montagu. The program of The Ashley Montagu Institute incorporates dissemination, extension, and application of the lifework of its namesake, Ashley Montagu.
Dissemination demands education.
This website is one modality for making knowledge of Ashley's work widely available and for distributing the ideas themselves. From time to time, it will feature reviews of his books, reports of his perspectives on vital topics, news of his current activities and those of others involved in related work or in the Institute. Other means of dissemination will be electronic and print publication, broadcasting, and course offerings. Our predicament as a species demands that, within the boundaries of care for ourselves, other organisms, and the environment, we continue to invest in acquiring knowledge for its own sake. We hope to reinforce the benefits of this perspective not just to schools, colleges, universities, many of which already support it, but also to government, private industry, religious and other community organizations, first in this country, and then around the globe, that sometimes do not.