Deck 1 Flashcards
Lewis Henry Morgan
Unilineal Cultural Evolution
Edward Burnet Taylor
Unilineal Cultural Evolution
Herbert Spencer
Unilineal Cultural Evolution
Franz Boas
Historical Particularism
Alfred Kroeber
Historical Particularism
Margret Mead
Historical Particularism
Ruth Benedict
Historical Particularism
Bronislaw Malinowski
Functionalism
E.E Evans Pritchard
Cognitive Anthropology
Marvis Harris
Cultural Materialism
Claude Levi-Strauss
Structuralism
Clifford Geertz
Interpretive Anthropology
Victor Turner
Interpretive Anthropology
Mary Douglas
Interpretive Anthropology
Renato Rosaldo
Post-Structuralism/ Post-
Modernism
George Marcus
Post-Structuralism/ Post-
Modernism
Post-Structuralism/ Post-
Modernism
Not a single school of thought, but a set of theoreEcal
posiEons that rejects the idea that there are underlying
structures that explain culture. Embraces the idea that
cultural processes are dynamic, and that the observer
of cultural processes can never see culture completely
objecEvely.
interpertive Anthropology
Culture is a shared system of meaning. People make
sense of their worlds through the use of symbols and
symbolic activities such as myths and rituals
Structuralism
People make sense of their worlds through binary
oppositions like hot-cold, culture-nature, male-female,
and raw-cooked. These binaries are expressed in social
institution and cultural practices like kinship, myth, and
language
Cultural Materialism
Material world, especially economic and ecological conditions, shape people’s customs and beliefs
Cognitive Anthropology
Culture operates through mental models and logical systems
Functionalism
Cultural practices, beliefs and institutions fufill psychological and social needs.
Historical particularism
Individual societies develop particular cultural traits and undergo unique processes of change. Cultural traits diffuse from one culture to another
Unilineal Cultural evolution
All societies pass through stages, from primative state to complex civilization. Cultural differences are the result of different evolutionary stages.
