Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture
Marvin Harris’s Cultural Materialism explores an approach to understanding culture through scientific analysis. The book considers how material conditions relate to social practices, institutions, and beliefs, making it a significant contribution to anthropological and cultural studies.
About This Book
Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture is a work by anthropologist Marvin Harris.
The book presents cultural materialism as an approach to studying human societies and cultural systems.
Its focus is on developing a scientific understanding of culture and examining the relationship between material conditions and social life.
This used edition offers readers access to Harris’s influential discussion of cultural analysis.
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