Despite the differences among theoretical paradigms of practitioners as varied as Harris (cultural materialism), White (general evolution), Steward (cultural ecology), and Mead (configurationalism), all of them have what in common?
A. a well-founded suspicion of the claims of science
B. a strong concern for the future of anthropological education
C. a strong sense of determinism, leaving very little (if any) room for the exercise of individual human agency
D. a sense of moral duty to help the people they studied to accelerate their path to civilization
E. an embrace of reflexive anthropology
Answer: C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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