Anthropology 4400E Chapter Notes - Chapter online reading: Sacred Bundle, Sociocultural Evolution, Tetralogy
25 Jan 2018
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Holism and the future of anthropology by michael e. Sunday, january 21, 2018 on the four fields. Says the four eld approach in american anthropology has been used as a means of suppressing con ict and enforcing a false sense of unity. Has an advantage by combining both biological and cultural approaches. Says anthropology has never been clear about itself. It has never entirely shaken its history of colonialism and racism. Says its because a small minority of anthropologists have continued to give scienti c support to racism. Makes reference to patrick tierney"s questioning of ethical practices in darkness in el. Napoleon chagnon also accused of unethical behaviour. He used metaphors of bothering and speci c schema of sociocultural evolution which is ethically and intellectually problematic. Says we should no longer be adopting the savage slot language of primitiveness. The sacred bundle are the four- elds of anthropology.
