ASIANAM 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lewis H. Morgan, Evolutionism, Scientific Racism
27 Jun 2016
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This idea has been abandoned as a theoretical approach. a. iii. Social darwinism didn"t come from darwin"s ideas a. vi. More fit society will dominate the less fit society a. vii. Dominate as in take land, exterminate them, enslave tem a. viii. Herbert was in the time of british imperialism and ugly aspects of colonialism. a. ix. More dominant society will take over others and it"s a natural things: three assumptions (all social evolutionary models) b. i. Societies can be ranked from high to low on some criterion. b. iii. Treat as if it was a series of events. b. iii. 1. Idea that we were all like a certain society but then kept moving on to be another society until they reached the top of the rank order. Unilinear social/cultural evolutionism: lewis henry morgan a. i. We have a historical connection to savagery and have a unity with all humans a. vi.
