ANP 220 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cultural Relativism, Coevolution, Ethnocentrism
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What"s anthropology the study of human nature, human society and human past. Biological anthro studies human beings as biological organisms, history and concept of race, adaptation in different ecological settings, human growth and development, Cultural anthro studies variations in beliefs and behaviors of members of different human groups is shaped in culture. Colonialism cultural domination with enforced social change colonialism and anthro european colonialism and growth of anthro; still cultural differences in the world, all expressions of culture in the contemporary world are equally modern. Unilineal evolutionism society evolves through stages of progressive change; inherent problems: ethnocentric, at times even racist, ethnographically inaccurate; attempt to explain cultural differences by fitting into evolutionary schema. Structural functionalism classifications but no universal laws, society functions like living organism, concern w the function of society due to colonial enterprise; criticism: ethnography present, culture as isolates, not reflexive enough.
