ANTH 410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Marvin Harris, Historical Particularism, Concatenation
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Vehement: doing something with great passion or energy. Nomothetic: dealing with abstract theories or laws (in anthro dealing with universal laws) Anomic: a state or coalition which provides little moral guidance for its members. Vernacular: common language of the people", a large group. Concatenation: the action of linking things together in a series (imp. Alt. to hunter-gatherers : foragers and collectors. Former don"t store food and are residentially mobile, the latter logistically mobile and store their food. Acknowledgment of historical context is important (historical relativism!) Promotes cross-cultural regularities as normal and a part of the natural world which governs human societies. Spencer than darwin, and labelled the boasians historical particularists.
