SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Marvin Harris, Ethnocentrism, Vancouver International Film Festival
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""the war against this enemy is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 2. 1st century, and the calling of our generation. "" George w. bush (5th anniversary of 9/11) Various element of cultural system work together. ""war on terror"" + patriot act + decrease civil liberties. Highlights what aspect of cultural ignorance: ethnocentrism. Looking through the lenses of our own values to view other cultures. Who does marvin harris argue is guilty of being ethnocentric: western-trained agronomists. Cow love is an active element in a complex, finely articulated material & cultural order. "a farmer who owns a cow owns a factory for making oxen" Dung used for: fire fuel, fertilizer, line the floors, children would collect dung and trade it as a commodity. 1960s: when western-trained agronomists first came and introduced modern technology to india and its farms. "the green revolution: changed the way farming is done in india.
