Cultural Materialism (Anthropology)
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Cultural Materialism is an anthropological research orientation. "It is based on the simple premise that human social life is a response to the practical problems of earthly existence" (Marvin Harris). It was influenced by the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, yet is a materialism distinct from Marxist dialectical materialism, as well as from philosophical materialism. Thomas Malthus' work encouraged Harris to consider reproduction of equal importance to production. The research strategy was also influenced by the work of earlier anthropologists including Edward Tylor and Lewis Henry…mehr

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Cultural Materialism is an anthropological research orientation. "It is based on the simple premise that human social life is a response to the practical problems of earthly existence" (Marvin Harris). It was influenced by the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, yet is a materialism distinct from Marxist dialectical materialism, as well as from philosophical materialism. Thomas Malthus' work encouraged Harris to consider reproduction of equal importance to production. The research strategy was also influenced by the work of earlier anthropologists including Edward Tylor and Lewis Henry Morgan who, in the 19th century, first proposed that cultures evolved from the less complex to the more complex over time.