Despite the Differences Among Theoretical Paradigms of Practitioners as Varied

question 18

Multiple Choice

Despite the differences among theoretical paradigms of practitioners as varied as Harris (cultural materialism) , White (neoevolutionism) , Julian Steward (cultural ecology) , and Margaret 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 in the claims of science
• C) an embrace of reflexive anthropology
• D) a sense of moral duty to help the people they studied to accelerate their path to civilization
• E) a strong concern for the future of anthropological education

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