ANTH 130 Lecture 3: ant3
12 Apr 2016
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Optimal foraging theory- a set of related theories about resource desicion- making. Horticulture- cultivation that makes intensive use of none of the factors or production: land, labor, capital, and machinery. Clearing- tribe selects a patch i rainforest, slashes th natural vegetation by simple tools and burns the logs. Pastoralism- based directly or indirectly ion maintenance of domesticated animals: some nomadic, some sedentary, trade is usually necessary. Nuer- people use the animals urine and feces for rituals. Politics- wrote the communist manifesto with his friend engels. Marxism is an understanding of the nature of social rotation ships which you are expected to evaluate. Reconize that is has strengths and weaknesses as a tool of understanding of our culture. Critiqued capitalism when it was still in its infancy. Capitalism is driven by capitalists striving for profits and capital accumulation in a competitive market economy. Capitalism- create a class struggle (historical materialsm p. 474)
