ANTHROP 2R03 Lecture : 17 - Thursday February 14.pdf
13 Apr 2014
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The debate between the intellectualists and the symbolists. 2 contrasting theories of belief systems and religion were brought up. The debate goes back about a century. The core of what culture is, is its performance. Exists in the doing, not in the thinking. Not about what things go on in your head. The core of human culture is found in people"s ideas. What people know and believe is the core of culture. Culture is what we carry around in our heads. Emphasizes the intellectual and cognitive aspects of culture. In understanding religion, people"s ideas, beliefs about the supernatural and are much more important than rituals. The idea that culture is like a text, as in it can be read. It is based upon a system of knowledge (can be interpreted to reveal the cognitive forms which shape and determine. Emphasizes the grounding of culture in the human body: Specifically in how people preform and do culture.
