The view that each element of culture, such as the culture trait or trait complex, has its own distinctive history, and that social forms (such as totemism in different societies) that might look similar are not comparable because of their different histories, is known as
A. historical particularism.
B. structural functionalism.
C. comparative functionalism.
D. the Boasian approach.
E. cultural generalism.
Answer: A
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