The theoretical orientation of anthropologists who argue that Western ethnographers can never adequately describe a non-Western culture, and therefore simply articulate their own culture's response to the "other" is
A) Marxist anthropology.
B) cultural positivism.
C) interpretive anthropology.
D) cultural idealism.
E) material idealism.
C
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A. cultural adaptation. B. long-term physiological adaptation. C. short-term physiological adaptation. D. genetic adaptation. E. archaeological adaptation.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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