Short notes
Cultural Evolution
Cultural Evolution
Definition
Scientific perspective | Humanistic perspective
Example / case study
- Oxygen discovered independently by two scientists
- Indicates force larger than individual → culture
Thinkers
- • E.B. Tylor & L.H. Morgan – cultural evolution.: G.P. Murdock – systematic cross-cultural comparison.
- • Margaret Mead – Samoa & New Guinea (comparative temperament)
- James G. Frazer – The Golden Bough (comparative mythology).
- E.B. Tylor — culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom; unilinear evolution and survivals.
Broad Outlines Of Prehistoric Cultures
Definition
• Studies different cultures across time and space
Example / case study
- Oxygen discovered independently by two scientists
- Indicates force larger than individual → culture
Thinkers
- • E.B. Tylor & L.H. Morgan – cultural evolution.: G.P. Murdock – systematic cross-cultural comparison.
- James G. Frazer – The Golden Bough (comparative mythology).
- E.B. Tylor — culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom; unilinear evolution and survivals.