ANTH 0780 1nd Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I. Cultural PatternsA. Mary Douglas’ Argument in Purity and DangerB. Identifying Cultural Patterns1. Articulateness 2. InarticulatenessC. Marginality D. LiminalityII. Power A. Marginality/Liminality:B. Pattern identified by Douglas:C. Power can be:D. Power and PollutionOutline of Current Lecture I. Political economyA. Three links: II. Society advancingA. CapitalismB. ColonialismC. Neocolonialism D. TypologyE. Unilineal cultural evolutionismIII. Social structure classificationsA. BandB. TribeC. ChiefdomThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.D. State E. PhenotypeF. ClineCurrent LectureI. Political economy- emphasizes the central interest and the use of power to protect that interestA. Three links: 1. Connecting conquered communities with one another within a conquered territory2. Connecting different conquered territories 3. Connecting all conquered territories with the country of the colonizersII. Society advancingA. Capitalism- economic system dominated by the supply-demand price mechanism called the market; the way of life that grew up in response to and in service to that marketB. Colonialism- cultural domination with enforced social changeC. Neocolonialism- the persistence of profound social and economic entanglements linking former colonial territories to their former colonial rulers despite political sovereignty D. Typology- a classification system based on forms of human societyE. Unilineal cultural evolutionism- a 19th century theory put in stages in which all societies must go through in order to reach civilizationIII. Social structure classificationsA. Band- small group of people where labor is divided based on sex and age; social relations are elalitarian (uncentralized)B. Tribe- larger than a band and usually farms or herds for a living; social relations are uncentralized, although a chief may have more powerC. Chiefdom- the leader and the chief’s closet relatives are set apart from the rest of society and are allowed privileged access to wealthD. State- stratified society that possesses a territory that is defended from outside enemies with an army and from internal with police; it is run by an elite that possesses a monopoly on the use of force E. Phenotype- observable and measurable outward characteristics of an organismF. Cline- the gradual intergradation of genetic variation from population to
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