Determinism, Cultural

Cultural determinism is defined as a reaction against the biological determinism that was influential in nineteenth‐ and early twentieth‐century Western anthropology. Environmental or cultural determinist criticism of biological determinism came from three sources: the behaviorists, a school in psychology; the cultural determinists, who were associated with the anthropologist Franz Boas; and postmodern anthropology and cultural relativism. The key arguments for cultural determinism, which was espoused by these schools, are explored, as are the most significant criticisms leveled against these arguments

Criticism · Cultural anthropology · Cultural relativism · Determinism · Epistemology · Political science · Postmodernism · Relativism · Social science · Sociology · Technological determinism · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy, Science, and History

• The passing of the great race

  Henry Fairfield Osborn, Madison Grant•The passing of the great race•1916

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• Margaret Mead and Samoa

  Derek Freeman•Margaret Mead and Samoa•1983

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• Victorian Anthropology

  George Stocking•Victorian Anthropology•1991

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• Argonauts of the western Pacific

  Bronislaw Malinowski•Argonauts of the Western Pacific•2002

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• Rethinking Religion

  J G Platvoet, Jan Platvoet et al.•Numen•1993

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• Anthropology and Politics

  Ernest Gellner•Anthropology and Politics•1996

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• The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead

  James E Côté, Margaret Mead et al.•Pacific Affairs•1999

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