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Cultural Materialism (anthropology), Cultural Materialism
Cultural materialism refers to two separate scholarly endeavours: * Cultural materialism (anthropology) Cultural materialism is an anthropological research orientation first introduced by Marvin Harris in his 1968 book ''The Rise of Anthropological Theory'', Paperback as a theoretical paradigm and research strategy. It is said to be the most enduri ..., an anthropological research orientation first introduced by Marvin Harris * Cultural materialism (cultural studies), a movement in literary theory and cultural studies originating with left-wing literary critic Raymond Williams {{disambiguation es:materialismo cultural hr:Kulturni materijalizam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cultural Materialism (anthropology)
Cultural materialism is an anthropological research orientation first introduced by Marvin Harris in his 1968 book ''The Rise of Anthropological Theory'', Paperback as a theoretical paradigm and research strategy. It is said to be the most enduring achievement of that work. Harris subsequently developed a full elaboration and defense of the paradigm in his 1979 book ''Cultural Materialism''. Paperback To Harris social change is dependent of three factors: a society's infrastructure, structure, and superstructure. Harris's concept of cultural materialism was influenced by the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, as well as their theories as modified by Karl August Wittfogel and his 1957 book, '' Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of Total Power''. Yet this materialism is distinct from Marxist dialectical materialism, as well as from philosophical materialism. Paperback Thomas Malthus's work encouraged Harris to consider reproduction of equal importance to production. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cultural Materialism (cultural Studies)
Cultural materialism in literary theory and cultural studies traces its origin to the work of the left-wing literary critic Raymond Williams. Cultural materialism makes analysis based in critical theory, in the tradition of the Frankfurt School. Overview Cultural materialism emerged as a theoretical movement in the early 1980s along with new historicism, an American approach to early modern literature, with which it shares common ground. The term was coined by Williams, who used it to describe a theoretical blending of leftist culturalism and Marxist analysis. Cultural materialists deal with specific historical documents and attempt to analyze and recreate the zeitgeist of a particular moment in history. Williams viewed culture as a "productive process", part of the means of production, and cultural materialism often identifies what he called "residual", "emergent" and "oppositional" cultural elements. Following in the tradition of Herbert Marcuse, Antonio Gramsci and oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |