ANTA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Linguistic Anthropology, Clifford Geertz, Edward Burnett Tylor
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Sociocultural anthropology: an anthropological approach that retains the british focus on social anthropology at the same time as it adds the american focus on culture to produce something slightly different than either one. French philosopher michel foucault shaping of human body as political anatomy . People"s bodies are controlled by others to operate with the necessary speed. Term anthropology comes from two greek words: anthropos meaning human beings, and logia meaning study or knowledge of. Sociocultural anthropology look at how societies are structured and how cultural meanings are created: eric wolf described anthropology as the most scientific of the humanities, and the most humanistic of the sciences. Human beings are incomplete or unfinished animals who complete themselves through culture when people share meanings they give to experiences, they share and participate in the same culture. The age of exploration christopher columbus 1492.
