ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Shirin Ebadi, Lewis H. Morgan, Clifford Geertz
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1870-1920s evolutionism (and ethnocentrism: european industrial revolution, biological evolution became more popular. British ethnologist sir edward burnett tylor (1832-1917: culture not race determined difference, c ulture vs, c ultures, all people have ability to learn a culture. Stage that separated was stage of cultural evolution: psychic unity of mankind. American ethnologist lewis henry morgan (1818-1881: three stages of cultural development. Ethnocentrism: judging the beliefs and behaviors of other cultures based on the standards of our own cultural beliefs and practices, tendency to view one"s own culture as natural, correct, and superior to others . 1920s-40s associated with the practice of ethnography (fieldwork) Radcliff brown (1881-1955: structural functionalism society as an organism, how institutions in societies worked to create a balance in the system to keep it functioning harmoniously. 1920s-40s anti-colonial independence movements respect for cultural difference. Frans boas (1858-1942: founder of modern american 4-field anthropology and.
