Cultural evolutionism-modal personality-social contract

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Glocalization (and give an example), performative (and give an example), world anthropologies, cultural evolutionism, modal personality, guided reinvention of culture, “social contract”, linguistic relativity hypothesis, ethnicity, functionalism.

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Part of the anthropological perspective is holism : The second key part of the anthropological perspective is holism, the idea that all the parts of a culture are integrated. However, anthropology considers the economic domain of culture to be the “base” or “core” of the culture.

Economics is the base of the culture : What do anthropologists mean when they say that culture is integrated, and why do we say that economics is the base of the culture?

According to the video diverse world-economic systems : According to the video "Diverse World: Economic Systems", the Ju/'hoansi rarely have a surplus of food, but when they do, they

Ethnic groups are permitted to live in the same society : The situation in which racial/ethnic groups are permitted to live in the same society without losing their cultural characteristics is _______. The first hominid species to make stone (Oldowan) tools has been named _______________________.

Cultural evolutionism-modal personality-social contract : Glocalization (and give an example), performative (and give an example), world anthropologies, cultural evolutionism, modal personality, guided reinvention of culture, “social contract”, linguistic relativity hypothesis, ethnicity, functionalism.

Anthropologists agree that race is a cultural concept : Most anthropologists agree that “race” is a cultural concept. According to Smedley, what are the specific features of the North American concept of race? Why did this concept develop—that is, why do North American and European societies have such a c..

Exchange factual information : What does it mean to say that language is more than a way to exchange factual information? How and why does language convey “social information”? How does language actually achieve “social effects”? Give some examples.

Understanding the shared and transmitted quality of culture : Discuss the idea of the “distribution of culture.” What are the four “levels” or degrees of distribution? Give an example or two of each, from your own culture. Why is this an important idea for understanding the shared and transmitted quality of cul..

Main barriers to an anthropological perspective : How and why did a science—or at least a perspective—like anthropology not begin to emerge in Western civilization until the last few centuries? What are the main barriers to an anthropological perspective?

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