ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lewis H. Morgan, Ethnocentrism, Sedentism
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How and why did foraging (hunter-gatherer) societies switch from nomadism t sedentary agriculture. What do we mean when we talk about progress: idea of progress is that it involves people through technology controlling nature and improving their lives, progress is: The idea that human is the history of steady advance from a life dependent on the whims of nature to a life of control and domination over natural forces. A fabrication of contemporary societies based on ethnocentric notions of superiority. !1: hunting wasn"t seen as better as gathering, very less inequality. Evolutionary expectations for culture change: lewis henry morgan 19th century. He thinks westerns have gured out the perfect way of living and everyone else has to catch up. He thinks all human societies go through the same stages: savagery, barberism, civilizations. Technological inovation: leslie white 20th century. Technology that was more ef cient would be used to growth in population and then improvement.
