ANT207H1 Lecture Notes - Simpletech, Fairfax New Zealand, Cultural Relativism
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History of anthropology beginning in the 19th c. Linear progression from less to more complex technologies, social forms. Anthropology is a child of the enlightenment. Armchair anthropologist read papers from home and organize the notes attempt to put things in sequence reports about societies that don"t use the same technology (primitive) relied on non-systematic observations of others. Fieldwork gathering of systematic information all areas of life covered and understood, not just bits and pieces. Human societies in evolutionary terms influenced by darwin. Taking darwin"s view and applying it to human variation where it doesn"t fit perfectly borrowing from the science to apply to social. Culture is learned one person transmits to another. Morgan human societies could be organized into linear progression hunter-gatherers least complex most complex are european cultures that rely on agriculture. Johannes fabian time and the other how anthropology makes its object 1983,
