Eugene E Robkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 74361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eugene E Robkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eugene E |
| FAMILY NAME | Robkin |
| SIGNATURE | ROBKIN E E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Bovine Sex and Species Ratios in India [and Comments and Reply]
Despite religious sanctions against the slaughter of cattle, bovine age, sex, and species ratios in all India and Kerala are systematically adjusted to demographic, technological, economic, and environmental conditions. While it is not denied that the apotheosis of cattle has influenced the management of India's bovine stocks, religious beliefs cannot account for the most important regional and local variations in the utilization of these animals
Sacred Cows and Water Buffalo in India: The Uses of Ethnography [and Comments and Reply]
In 1958-59 and in 1977-78, we undertook holistic ethnographic studies of a village in northern India. Profound technoenvironmental change occurred in the 18-year period between the two studies. With regard to cattle, the principal change was a shift from bullock power to machinery. This provided the basis for a test of the two principal positions that have been taken in the sacred-cow controversy: (1) technoenvironmental determinism, which denies…
Quantum Adjustment, Macroevolution, and the Social Field: Some Comments on Evolution and Culture [and Comments and Reply]
Ever since the neo-Darwinian synthesis, stability models have dominated both ecology and population genetics. This has discouraged the biological study of progressive evolution. The introduction of biological models into cultural anthropology has been marked by an emphasis upon stability models as well, and progressive evolution in cultural systems has therefore not received adequate attention. Recent developments in the life sciences, however, h…
Ecology and Evolution in Cultural Anthropology
Questions in the Sacred-Cow Controversy [and Comments and Reply]
Contrary to Marvin Harris's hypothesis, desiccation and population increase in India following 1000 B.C. are highly unlikely to have been the origin of the Hindu ban on cow slaughter and beef eating. In many places in present-day India,"wild" and stray cattle are serious problem to farmers. The sacred-cow concept contributes to a significant waste of beef and inefficiency in cattle breeding. Homes for old cows are basically religious institutions…
On Explanations of the Islamic Pig Prohibition
The dialectics of the sacred cow: Ecological adaptation versus political appropriation in the origins of India's cattle complex
Ecology, Evolution, and the Search for Cultural Origins: The Question of Islamic Pig Prohibition [and Comments and Reply]
This paper examines the ecological explanation offered by Marvin Harris for the origin of pig prohibition in Islam, using the case to evaluate the functional-ecological paradigm and its treatment of cultural origins. Five majorpoints are addressed. First, a survey of the biological literature reveals that functional-ecological theory and evolutionary theory are distinct, but related. While functional ecology explains how systems work, evolutionar…
Ecology, Evolution, and the Search for Cultural Origins: The Question of Islamic Pig Prohibition [and Comments and Reply]
This paper examines the ecological explanation offered by Marvin Harris for the origin of pig prohibition in Islam, using the case to evaluate the functional-ecological paradigm and its treatment of cultural origins. Five majorpoints are addressed. First, a survey of the biological literature reveals that functional-ecological theory and evolutionary theory are distinct, but related. While functional ecology explains how systems work, evolutionar…
Questions in the Sacred-Cow Controversy [and Comments and Reply]
Contrary to Marvin Harris's hypothesis, desiccation and population increase in India following 1000 B.C. are highly unlikely to have been the origin of the Hindu ban on cow slaughter and beef eating. In many places in present-day India,"wild" and stray cattle are serious problem to farmers. The sacred-cow concept contributes to a significant waste of beef and inefficiency in cattle breeding. Homes for old cows are basically religious institutions…
Ecology and Evolution in Cultural Anthropology
Sacred Cows and Water Buffalo in India: The Uses of Ethnography [and Comments and Reply]
In 1958-59 and in 1977-78, we undertook holistic ethnographic studies of a village in northern India. Profound technoenvironmental change occurred in the 18-year period between the two studies. With regard to cattle, the principal change was a shift from bullock power to machinery. This provided the basis for a test of the two principal positions that have been taken in the sacred-cow controversy: (1) technoenvironmental determinism, which denies…
Quantum Adjustment, Macroevolution, and the Social Field: Some Comments on Evolution and Culture [and Comments and Reply]
Ever since the neo-Darwinian synthesis, stability models have dominated both ecology and population genetics. This has discouraged the biological study of progressive evolution. The introduction of biological models into cultural anthropology has been marked by an emphasis upon stability models as well, and progressive evolution in cultural systems has therefore not received adequate attention. Recent developments in the life sciences, however, h…
The dialectics of the sacred cow: Ecological adaptation versus political appropriation in the origins of India's cattle complex
Ecology, Evolution, and the Search for Cultural Origins: The Question of Islamic Pig Prohibition [and Comments and Reply]
This paper examines the ecological explanation offered by Marvin Harris for the origin of pig prohibition in Islam, using the case to evaluate the functional-ecological paradigm and its treatment of cultural origins. Five majorpoints are addressed. First, a survey of the biological literature reveals that functional-ecological theory and evolutionary theory are distinct, but related. While functional ecology explains how systems work, evolutionar…
Questions in the Sacred-Cow Controversy [and Comments and Reply]
Contrary to Marvin Harris's hypothesis, desiccation and population increase in India following 1000 B.C. are highly unlikely to have been the origin of the Hindu ban on cow slaughter and beef eating. In many places in present-day India,"wild" and stray cattle are serious problem to farmers. The sacred-cow concept contributes to a significant waste of beef and inefficiency in cattle breeding. Homes for old cows are basically religious institutions…
On Explanations of the Islamic Pig Prohibition
Quantum Adjustment, Macroevolution, and the Social Field: Some Comments on Evolution and Culture [and Comments and Reply]
Ever since the neo-Darwinian synthesis, stability models have dominated both ecology and population genetics. This has discouraged the biological study of progressive evolution. The introduction of biological models into cultural anthropology has been marked by an emphasis upon stability models as well, and progressive evolution in cultural systems has therefore not received adequate attention. Recent developments in the life sciences, however, h…
Ecology and Evolution in Cultural Anthropology
Sacred Cows and Water Buffalo in India: The Uses of Ethnography [and Comments and Reply]
In 1958-59 and in 1977-78, we undertook holistic ethnographic studies of a village in northern India. Profound technoenvironmental change occurred in the 18-year period between the two studies. With regard to cattle, the principal change was a shift from bullock power to machinery. This provided the basis for a test of the two principal positions that have been taken in the sacred-cow controversy: (1) technoenvironmental determinism, which denies…
Bovine Sex and Species Ratios in India [and Comments and Reply]
Despite religious sanctions against the slaughter of cattle, bovine age, sex, and species ratios in all India and Kerala are systematically adjusted to demographic, technological, economic, and environmental conditions. While it is not denied that the apotheosis of cattle has influenced the management of India's bovine stocks, religious beliefs cannot account for the most important regional and local variations in the utilization of these animals
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