ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Social Philosophy, Trans-Cultural Diffusion, Permafrost
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Anthro 2a notes 1/17/14: social evolutionism, intro. Simple complex: evolutionary stage model, cultural attributes evolved in a sequence, typologize in 3 stages: Savagery barbarism civilization: each stage has its own social/cultural traits. Promiscuous hordes: evolutionary change is unilinear (one line) Idea that only one universal evolutionary process that all societies go through can"t skip stages. Sociocultural differences if we all go through the same process of change, how will there be differences: sociocultural diversity: different rates of change (what produces the differences) Matter of material conditions interphase between human society and environment (the interaction); need energy, food, resources, technology, fossil fuels, etc. Eg: eskimo (inuit) hunting seals on ice cap; didn"t develop agriculture (given racism, biologically not built or smart enough to develop); but morgan permafrost environment, obviously; developed bc of environmental conditions: observation. Iii) critique of unilinear social evolutionism: franz boas started the first department of anthropology at colombia; trained 1st generation of.
