This Chapter Mentions the Work of Wolf and Mintz,both Students

question 13

Multiple Choice

This chapter mentions the work of Wolf and Mintz,both students of Julian Steward,as illustrations of approaches that

• A) put human agency at the center of cultural analysis.
• B) focus on the study of cultures as closed systems, untouched by regional and even global dynamics.
• C) ignore the role of history in shaping culture as we know it.
• D) consider the relevance of world-system theory and political economy to anthropology.
• E) are just as deterministic as the old evolutionary models, but for different reasons.

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