Is man one or many?

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

02/20/2009

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Humanities/philosophy

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Summary :

Introduction.
The dominant intellectual perspective in the mid-nineteenth century.
A leading figure of Evolutionary Anthropology.
Critics of evolutionary anthropology.
Common points between evolutionary anthropology and structural functionalism.
Conclusion.
Works cited.

Abstract

This paper seeks to examine how three anthropologists, E.B. Tylor, Bronislaw Malinowski and Levi-Strauss address the question "is man one or many?" They were chosen on the basis of their being the leading figures of three different schools of thought, evolutionary anthropology, structural functionalism, and structuralism. The paper will, at first, explore the schools of thought and illuminate the respective anthropologist's theories in a chronological method. Next, in light of these theoretical frameworks, it will seek to compare and contrast the three anthropologists' positions on whether man one or many. Finally, it will explore how the different schools of thought impacted these positions. The dominant intellectual perspective in the mid-nineteenth century was evolutionisms, which even the discipline of Anthropology, weren't able to escape. Evolutionary Anthropology attempted to conduct a scientific and nomothetic investigation of society. In doing so, it superseded the prevailing theological ideologies of origin and the notion that social life was devoid of regulation and pattern (Arkin, 9 September, 2008).