Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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... cultural evolution by studying " survivals . " Tylor believed that virtually everything in contemporary society that did not have a function he understood was a survival from a previous stage of cultural evolution . Therefore , one ...
... cultural evolution by studying " survivals . " Tylor believed that virtually everything in contemporary society that did not have a function he understood was a survival from a previous stage of cultural evolution . Therefore , one ...
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... cultures as it was in biology . The problem was developing a quantifiable , universal standard of measurement . In his 1943 article " Energy and the Evolution of Culture , " White proposed that the control of en- ergy was a key factor in ...
... cultures as it was in biology . The problem was developing a quantifiable , universal standard of measurement . In his 1943 article " Energy and the Evolution of Culture , " White proposed that the control of en- ergy was a key factor in ...
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... cultural phenomena as obeying their own laws , distinct from human biology or individual psychology . In this , he was clearly influenced by Kroeber's idea of the superorganic ( see essay 11 ) and Durkheim's ... Evolution of Culture 247.
... cultural phenomena as obeying their own laws , distinct from human biology or individual psychology . In this , he was clearly influenced by Kroeber's idea of the superorganic ( see essay 11 ) and Durkheim's ... Evolution of Culture 247.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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