ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lewis H. Morgan, Franz Boas, Cultural Relativism
13 Dec 2017
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Culture: the shared ideals, values,and beliefs that people use to interpret experience and generate behaviour are reflected in that behaviour. That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. Adaptation: process that organisms or societies undergo to achieve a beneficial adjustment to their environment. Cultural relativism: the thesis that one must suspend judgement on other people"s practices to understand them in their own cultural terms. Symbol: sounds, gestures or arbitrary signs that stand for meanings amongst a group of people. Idealism: forming ideals or living under the influence. Materialism: placing a hierarchy on material possessions for physical comfort. Holism: the fundamental principle in anthropology where various parts f the culture must be viewed in the broadest possible context to understand their interconnections and interdependence. Ethnocentrism: the practice of judging other cultures from the perspective of one"s own culture.
