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 strong sense of determinism, leaving very little (if any) room for the exercise of individual human agency
B. a well-founded suspicion of the claims of science
C. a strong concern for the future of anthropological education
D. an embrace of reflexive anthropology
E. a sense of moral duty to help the people they studied to accelerate their path to civilization
Answer: A
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