Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyProfessor Harris - the leading theorist in cultural materialism - bases this comprehensive work on the perspective of thematic and theoretical coherence, giving the book depth and continuity. Speaking directly to students, helpful chapter introductions and end-of-chapter summaries focus on key points before and after reading each chapter. This seventh edition includes meticulous updating of research and scholarship, especially in the very active field of physical anthropology and archaeology. A new feature - "America Now Updates" - turns an anthropological eye on the contemporary U.S., emphasizing the comparative aspects of anthropology and making the discipline relevant to students. |
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Page 122
... culture refers to the learned socially acquired traditions that appear in rudimentary form among mammals , espe- cially primates . When anthropologists speak of a human culture , they usually mean the total socially acquired life ...
... culture refers to the learned socially acquired traditions that appear in rudimentary form among mammals , espe- cially primates . When anthropologists speak of a human culture , they usually mean the total socially acquired life ...
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... culture consists of the socially acquired ways of thinking , feeling , and acting of the members of a particular society . Cultures maintain their continuity by means of the process of enculturation . In studying cultural differences ...
... culture consists of the socially acquired ways of thinking , feeling , and acting of the members of a particular society . Cultures maintain their continuity by means of the process of enculturation . In studying cultural differences ...
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... culture amounted to a denial of the prospects for a generalizing science of culture . Another im- portant feature of historical particularism is the notion of cultural relativism , which holds that there are no higher or lower forms of ...
... culture amounted to a denial of the prospects for a generalizing science of culture . Another im- portant feature of historical particularism is the notion of cultural relativism , which holds that there are no higher or lower forms of ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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