AN101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, Hominidae
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An101 chapter 1: the anthropological perspective on the human condition. Dualistic, idealistic, and materialistic explanations of our world. Most north americans would answer that human nature has 2 parts: mind and matter, soul and body, spirit and flesh. Dualism: philosophical view that reality consists of 2 equal and irreducible forces. Greek philosopher plato said that the drama of human existence consists of the internal struggle between the body (drawn naturally to base, corruptible matter) and the mind or soul (drawn naturally to pure, unchanging forms) Christian theology incorporated view that each human being consists of soul that seeks god and physical body that is tempted by material world. Idealism: philosophical view that ideas or the minds that produces ideas create the essence of human nature. Human beings have physical bodies but true nature is spiritual. Materialism: philosophical view that activities of our physical bodies in the material world constitute the essence of human nature.
