Studying Societies and Cultures : Marvin Harris's Cultural Materialism and Its Legacy
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1594512876
ISBN-13
9781594512872
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
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Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 15th, 2006
Print length
344 Pages
Weight
589 grams
Product Classification:
Anthropology
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One of the most important anthropologists of all time, Marvin Harris was influential worldwide as the founder of cultural materialism. This book analyzes Harris's theories and their important legacies. It explores cultural materialism's epistemology and its relation to rational choice theory, Darwinian social science, and population pressures.
"A thought-provoking, stimulating volume on the past, present and future of cultural materialism that is both laudatory of Harris'' research strategy and critical of it." Paul Shankman, University of Colorado One 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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