Radcliffe-Brown Advocated That Social Anthropology Be a Synchronic Rather Than

question 44

Multiple Choice

Radcliffe-Brown advocated that social anthropology be a synchronic rather than a diachronic science; that is, a study

• A) of culture in motion (synchronic) rather than as a static entity (diachronic).
• B) that compares cultural traits within the same society and not across societies.
• C) of societies across time (synchronic) rather than across space (diachronic).
• D) of societies as they exist today (synchronic, one at a time) rather than across time (diachronic).
• E) of societies as made up of individuals, not as a sum greater than its parts.

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