The Birth of Anthropology & Why They Don't Eat Cows in India - History Page

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	Sep 20 2008, 10:00 PM EDT	sarah091		edit	9 words added 1 word deleted
Change: ladder, because he was Jewish growing up in Germany.He lived one year with the Inuit of Baffin Island (N. Canada) and found them to be no less "civilized" than people of his own culture. He criticized Tylor's theory of Cultural Evolution on 3 grounds: 1. it is ethnocentric 2. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 938)
	Aug 30 2008, 5:46 PM EDT	v_patel	if we here wants to say the principle of nonviolance, then it is Ahinsa not Ahimsa, in HINDI, to the best of my knowledge.	edit	1 word added 1 word deleted
Change: AhimsaAhinsa - the doctrine of non-violence - dictates that cows should not be slaughtered Next, we can look at the infrastructure, to see how not killing cows might actually be beneficial to the culture's survival: Cows are like "tractor factories" - producing oxen that plow fields and pull carts. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 930)
	Aug 28 2008, 11:59 AM EDT	fmorales		edit	2 words deleted
Change: Like Columbus.This led Europeans to ask, "Why are these people different from us?" First Answer: Theory of Degeneration: based in Biblical understandings of a creation that was relatively recent, spontaneous, and perfect => "Savages" degenerated from an original Godly Perfection Second Answer: Theory of Cultural Evolution: Savages View changes from previous version. (Word count: 930)
	Aug 28 2008, 11:58 AM EDT	fmorales		edit	2 words added
Change: Like Columbus.This led Europeans to ask, "Why are these people different from us?" First Answer: Theory of Degeneration: based in Biblical understandings of a creation that was relatively recent, spontaneous, and perfect => "Savages" degenerated from an original Godly Perfection Second Answer: Theory of Cultural Evolution: Savages View changes from previous version. (Word count: 932)
	Aug 27 2008, 11:39 AM EDT	mwesch	Requiem for a Dream mp3	edit	1 image added 1 image deleted 1 widget added
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	Aug 27 2008, 10:48 AM EDT	mwesch		edit	12 words added 5 words deleted 1 image added 1 image deleted
Change: for a Dream" speech.He then gave examples of the extreme cultural differences he faced during his fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. These are similar to those European explorers experienced in the early days of exploration (c. 15th-18th Centuries).This led Europeans to ask, "Why are these View changes from previous version. (Word count: 930)
	Feb 14 2008, 12:25 PM EST	A_yak	Outside thought on Language	edit	37 words added
Change: - Thought it was interesting to look up how people today have come to use the expression "holy cow" and how different it is from the initial meaning, or meaning that we are shown in class: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=holy+cow Taking all three "levels" of culture View changes from previous version. (Word count: 923)
	Jan 23 2008, 10:01 PM EST	scross		edit
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	Jan 23 2008, 6:36 PM EST	jtslate		edit
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	Jan 22 2008, 11:20 PM EST	jtslate		edit	12 words added 4 words deleted
Change: "Democratic" Republic, similar to the U.S. Democracy(CIA-The (likeWorld USA)Factbook). Over 1 Billion people 16 languages, English and Hindi most common over 80% Hindu : (Some basic insight to the Hindu Relegion can be found here.) 73% rural Over 250 million hungry, living in poverty Over View changes from previous version. (Word count: 879)
	Jan 22 2008, 1:38 PM EST	jtslate		edit	1 word added 1 word deleted
Change: myhis fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. These are similar to those European explorers experienced in the early days of exploration (c. 15th-18th Centuries).This led Europeans to ask, "Why are these people different from us?" First Answer: Theory of Degeneration: based in Biblical understandings View changes from previous version. (Word count: 869)
	Jan 22 2008, 12:35 PM EST	scross	More info on the Hindu Religion.	edit	13 words added
Change: : (Some basic insight to the Hindu Relegion can be found here.) 73% rural Over 250 million hungry, living in poverty Over 200 million cows WHY DON'T THEY EAT THE COWS? One approach would be to say that they are View changes from previous version. (Word count: 869)
	Jan 22 2008, 12:30 PM EST	scross	Wiki-linked a couple of key figures/notes. Hindu, Tylor, Boas	edit
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	Jan 22 2008, 8:47 AM EST	mwesch		edit	3 words added 1 image added 1 image deleted
Change: January 22nd 2008Wesch started the lecture with examples of the extreme cultural differences he faced during my fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. These are similar to those European explorers experienced in the early days of exploration (c. 15th-18th Centuries).This led Europeans to ask, "Why are these View changes from previous version. (Word count: 858)
	Aug 22 2007, 3:07 PM EDT	joseph5	i added a couple definitions.	edit	33 words added 1 word deleted
Change: - The belief that the ways of one's own culture are the only proper ones. and culture-bound- Theories about the world and reality based on the assumption and culture-bound.values of one's own culture. (see text) Then came Franz Boas (1858-1942), a Jewish View changes from previous version. (Word count: 855)
	Aug 22 2007, 12:58 PM EDT	mwesch		edit	2 words added 1 word deleted
Change: and thought of as "uncultured" and low on the evolutionary ladder. He lived one year with the Inuit of Baffin Island (N. Canada) and found them to be no less "civilized" than people of his own culture. He criticized Tylor's theory of Cultural Evolution on 3 grounds: 1. it View changes from previous version. (Word count: 823)
	Aug 22 2007, 12:09 PM EDT	mwesch	first post	edit	825 words added 1 image added
Change: *Milk, curd, ghee, urine, and dung ==> ritual purity Furthermore: Cow-dung paste purifies sacred space for deities Hindu sacred texts describe the tremendous care Lord View changes from previous version. (Word count: 823)
	Aug 22 2007, 12:06 PM EDT	mwesch		create	No content added or deleted.
Change: Created by mwesch Aug 22 2007, 12:06 PM EDT for: no reason given