第1个回答 2009-01-02
Cultural materialist theory: Harris will prove not certain environmental characteristics are specific cultural characteristics of the direct cause, but the evolution of the pressure in the environment of material conditions, all cultural characteristics are the ecological significance. However, his cultural characteristics is adapt to the environment, make the product of his school still belongs to the environmental determinism. Harris culture in terms of environmental determinism, colour is more strong, because it is more comprehensive consideration of the relationship between cultural phenomenon, which makes the clues in the case of determinism to find the place. Marvin Harris on cultural materialism is the best example of beef taboo, Hindu indians demonstrated killing principle applied to some of the ecological functions of the holy cow: With the bulls with thin farmland by land, production potential and level of living limitation, can keep a low level of agricultural production, keep good cows equals to plunder their rations. Use the dung -- improved land fertilizer. This land for farming production is indispensable. Manure as fuel for coal, high cost and burning slowly. Keep not to kill the religious cannon has very good ecological function, it provides a valuable resource, this must comply to adapt to the environment of religious social culture in India have played an important role. Cultural materialism to adapt to the environment as the most important purpose is explained by tracing, mechanism of technology, residential pattern, religious beliefs, such cultural characteristics of contact with the environmental factors to demonstrate their adapt to the environment, and the rationality of materialism. Advantages: the cultural materialism to avoid the Harris Stewart into the cultural characteristics of the core and the outer part of the culture of the theory and method of caused difficulties. Harris culture to culture explanation is materialism rationality as basis, not causality, according to the environmental determinism color more concentrated. Methods: a subjective Harris, use "objective" and "subjective" these two categories to study social phenomenon, often draw inappropriate conclusion or confusion. Because the general materialists will assert "objective", and "is the science of science is subjective. However, the actual research, participants from the Angle of itself and observers to consider. The first kind of circumstance, the use of onlookers participants meaningful, suitable for their concept and sorting. The first kind of circumstance, the use of onlookers onlookers meaningful, suitable for their concept and classification. Further, onlookers and participants view can be given objective or subjective, but the two angles are all science. To avoid confusion, he suggested use "the method" and "management methods" concept.