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In this brilliant and profound study the distinguished American anthropologist Marvin Harris shows how the endless varieties of cultural behavior -- often so puzzling at first glance -- can be explained as adaptations to particular ecological conditions. His aim is to account for the evolution of cultural forms as Darwin accounted for the evolution of biological forms: to show how cultures adopt their characteristic forms in response to changing ecological modes. "[A] magisterial interpretation of the rise and fall of human cultures and societies." -- Robert Lekachman, Washington Post Book World "Its persuasive arguments asserting the primacy of cultural rather than genetic or psychological factors in human life deserve the widest possible audience." -- Gloria Levitas The New Leader "[An] original and...urgent theory about the nature of man and at the reason that human cultures take so many diverse shapes." -- The New Yorker "Lively and controversial." -- I. Bernard Cohen, front page, The New York Times Book Review
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Cannibals and Kings, Marvin Harris
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- Année de publication
- 1978
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- Titre
- Cannibals and Kings
- Sous-titre
- The Origins of Cultures
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Marvin Harris
- Éditeur
- HarperCollins
- Publié
- 1978
- Format
- rigide
- ISBN10
- 0002161206
- ISBN13
- 9780002161206
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Thème historique, Histoire, Science, Culture et Société, Sociologie, Anthropologie, Histoires culturelles, Végétarisme, Civilisation, Cannibalisme
- Titre original
- Cannibals and kings
- Évaluation
- 4,05 sur 5
- Description
- In this brilliant and profound study the distinguished American anthropologist Marvin Harris shows how the endless varieties of cultural behavior -- often so puzzling at first glance -- can be explained as adaptations to particular ecological conditions. His aim is to account for the evolution of cultural forms as Darwin accounted for the evolution of biological forms: to show how cultures adopt their characteristic forms in response to changing ecological modes. "[A] magisterial interpretation of the rise and fall of human cultures and societies." -- Robert Lekachman, Washington Post Book World "Its persuasive arguments asserting the primacy of cultural rather than genetic or psychological factors in human life deserve the widest possible audience." -- Gloria Levitas The New Leader "[An] original and...urgent theory about the nature of man and at the reason that human cultures take so many diverse shapes." -- The New Yorker "Lively and controversial." -- I. Bernard Cohen, front page, The New York Times Book Review