Theory based on
production-->
relationships
developed through
production
believed that capitalism= periodic
crisis
Socalism = "Historical inevitabilit"
Friedrich Engels. German
philopsher, social scientist
who founded the Marxist
theory
Believed in Historical Materialism
Both stressed that
their theory was
materialist. They
thought that our
ideas are determined
by the material world
and not vise versa
Nintheenth Century Evolutionism
Cultural Evolution
Theory developed during the
19th century Europe in order to
expalin the diversity amongst
humans
Edward B. Taylor
Believed that
"alienated
people" were
capable of
progressing and
developing
Dividied human
evolution: savegery,
barbarism, civilization
Lewis Henry Morgan
Ancient Society
Further divided
human evolution:
savagery, barbarism
Montesquieu
French lawyer/political
philopsher--> lived during
the Enlighment
Functionalism
Functionalists--> seek to
describe the relationships of
orgainc analogy with parts of
a society
Bronislaw Malinowski. A
Polish anthropologist
Influential throughout
1920's and 1930's
Alfred Radcliffe Brown.
An English Anthroplogist.
Developed the theory of
functionalism
Inspired by Augustus Comte, a
French philosopher.
Concluded that "social constituted a
seperate level of reality distinct from those
of biological forms and inorganic matter"
Pseudo
Term is used when
anthroplogists without
sufficient evidence and
imagination on a subject
Malinowski's
Biocultural
functionalism
"Argued that uniform psychological responses are
correlates of physiological needs"
Structural
Functionalism
by Radcliffe
Focused on social strucure. Suggested
that society is "a system of
relationships maintaining itself"
Structural Lingistices Noam
Is the view that all
cultures and practises
are to be viewed and
are worthy of their
own right.One of the
early institutions of
technology. Franz Boaz
developed the idea,
however his two
students further
analyzed it
Margaret Mead
Published "Coming Of
Age in Samos"
Presented the public, the
developedment of a person
through cultural expectations
and demand
Always thought in terms of
"interconnections" while living
with different cultures
Ruth Benedict
Thought that
cultural diffusion
affects civilaized
socities
Published "Patterns Of Culture". She
compares and contrasts the cultural
patterns of two Indian and American
groups and notice the expalined the drastic differences