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SYMBOLIC ANTHROPOLOGY (criticism (fuzzy headed unscientific and…
SYMBOLIC ANTHROPOLOGY
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basic premises
beliefs though unintelligible become comprehensible when understood as part of a cultural system of meaning
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Edmund leach - distinction between sign and symbol. sign refers to empirical connection b/wn two entities. eg - fire and smoke
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criticism
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according too Marxist symbolic anthro does not attempt to explain system of symbolism instead focus too much on individual symbol
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cultural ecologists - S. A did not carry their research in manner that other researchers could reproduce their views
accomplishments
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helped anthro turn to sources outside the bounds of traditional anthro such as philosophy and sociology
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