Studying Societies and Cultures: Marvin Harris's Cultural Materialism and Its LegacyOne of the most important anthropologists of all time, Marvin Harris was influential worldwide as the founder of cultural materialism. This book accessibly analyzes Harris s theories and their important legacies today. The chapters explore cultural materialism s epistemology and its relation to rational choice theory, Darwinian social science, and population pressures. The authors assess recent attempts to extend and reformulate cultural materialism and highlight cross-cultural, archaeological, and ethnographic applications of cultural materialism today." |
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(For our various results, see C. R. Ember and M. Ember, 1992a.) The mythology
of a culture may also be influenced by a history of unpredictable resource scarcity
. A cross-cultural study by Alex Cohen (1990) found that unprovoked aggression
...
(For our various results, see C. R. Ember and M. Ember, 1992a.) The mythology
of a culture may also be influenced by a history of unpredictable resource scarcity
. A cross-cultural study by Alex Cohen (1990) found that unprovoked aggression
...
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1992a. "Resource unpredictability, mistrust, and war A cross-cultural study."
Journal of Conflict Resolution 36:242-262. . 1992b. "Warfare, aggression, and
resource problems: Cross-cultural codes." Behavior Science Research 26:169-
226.
1992a. "Resource unpredictability, mistrust, and war A cross-cultural study."
Journal of Conflict Resolution 36:242-262. . 1992b. "Warfare, aggression, and
resource problems: Cross-cultural codes." Behavior Science Research 26:169-
226.
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... 124-125 Population control, 3; external/internal methods of, 232; warfare and,
232, 262 Population density, 230; aggression and, 161; agriculture and, 161;
homicide Index * 325.
... 124-125 Population control, 3; external/internal methods of, 232; warfare and,
232, 262 Population density, 230; aggression and, 161; agriculture and, 161;
homicide Index * 325.
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Contents
A Bibliometric Analysis | 20 |
The Theoretical Legacies of Cultural Materialism | 56 |
Cultural Materialism Rational Choice and the Problem | 78 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Studying Societies and Cultures: Marvin Harris's Cultural Materialism and Its Legacy Studies in comparative social science |
| Editors | Lawrence A. Kuznar, Stephen K. Sanderson |
| Publisher | Paradigm Publishers, 2007 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 25 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 1594512876, 9781594512872 |
| Length | 332 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural Social Science / Anthropology / General |
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