Anthropological Foundation Of The Self Flashcards
is the scientific study of humans, human behavior and societies in the past and present
Anthropology
It studies what makes us human
Anthropology
interpret the content of particular cultures, explain variation among cultures, and study processes of cultural change and social transformation
Sociocultural anthropology
Study a variety of aspects of human evolutionary biology
Biological anthropology
Some examine fossils and apply their observations to understanding human evolution
Biological anthropology
Study the material remains of present and past cultural systems to understand the technical, social, and political organization of those systems
Archaeology
The study of how culture shapes human ideas and learned behavior
Cultural anthropology
The tendency to judge other cultures by one’s own values
Ethnocentrism
Respecting and accepting all cultures
Cultural relativism
Conducted field work in New Guinea, Polynesia, and other Pacific islands
Margaret Mead
Findings supported the notion that the learned culture, not biology largely determines human behavior
Margaret Mead
Father of modern cultural anthropology
Franz Boas
For him, the person is as essential as their social group and cultural settings affect people differently even they belong in the same descent
Franz Boas
Is an essential component in understanding the self
Culture
He believed that the self is slowly evolving not its sense but the notion how it was formed in different era
Marcel Mauss
Studied relationship of culture and language
Edward Sapir
Through _____ a person would be able to acknowledge and appreciate further his environment
Language
For him, culture is made up of meanings that people seek to guide their behaviors and to make their lives worth living
Clifford Geertz
His focus was about the cultural objects surrounding us and these have symbolic meanings
Clifford Geertz
“Culture is a collection of different symbols”
Claude Levi-Strauss
“Analyzing our cultures and comparing them to other cultures like celebrations of festive, rituals, marriage, etc”
Claude Levi-Strauss
