Central to all evolutionary theories of societal change is the notion of cultural progress
Tribal societies are assumed to have a primitive form of human culture, and to evolve toward a supposedly advanced and superior form found in the Western world. But the evolutionary theories have now been rejected. Why?
Evolutionary theories have been rejected because (1) there is a growing appreciation of the rich diversityand complexityof tribal cultures; (2) Western culture is in crisis, plagued by poverty, racism, sexual assaults, unsafe streets, a fragile banking system, war, and terrorism; and (3) the idea of cultural progress and Western culture as the apex of civilization has been cast aside.
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A) Violence and love are compatible. B) Abusers tend to be psychologically unbalanced while victims tend to be defenseless victims. C) Alcohol and drugs are the real causes of violence in the home. D) Abuse is confined to poor minority families.
Unlike absolute monarchs, __________ monarchies are not considered to be above the law
a. symbolic b. limited c. legal d. total
Miles and Huberman suggest two competing approaches to qualitative data analysis:
a. symbolic interactionist and conflict theory. b. social anthropology and social accounting. c. social anthropology and interpretivist. d. interpretivist and symbolic interactionist. e. none of these
Yong believes that the story of the Ten Commandments that God gave to Moses is a mythical version of the origins of the moral precepts that govern the lives of Jewish and Christian believers. Yong would most likely call this process
a. globalization. b. alienation. c. canonization. d. communization.