Cultural Materialism The Struggle for a Science of Culture

Name: Cultural Materialism The Struggle for a Science of Culture
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ISBN: 9780759101357

ISBN-10: 0759101353

ISBN-13: 9780759101357

Edition: 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Marvin Harris

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This edition explains the science of culture. The book is an explication of the theory with which the author's work has been associated, and this edition updates his theories and ideas.

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 8/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction to the Updated Edition



Preface


Acknowledgments


About the Author



Cultural Materialism as a Research Strategy


Introduction to Part I



Research Strategies and the Structure of Science



The Epistemology of Cultural Materialism



Theoretical Principles of Cultural Materialism



The Scope of Cultural Materialist Theories



The Alternatives


Introduction to Part II



Sociobiology and Biological Reductionism



Dialectical Materialism



Structuralism



Structural Marxism



Psychological and Cognitive Idealism



Eclecticism



Obscurantism


Bibliography


Index