An overview of the anthropological theories

Theories are treated as the lifeblood of the disciplines like sociology and anthropology. As a newer discipline that has grown approximately over the last two hundred years, anthropology has proposed different important theories on man and culture. This article presents with an overview of the theor...

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Main Authors:	Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura, Hossain, Dewan Mahboob, Mustari, Sohela, Ramli, Noor Syafika
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA 2014
Subjects:	GN Anthropology
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spelling	iium-390592018-06-19T04:16:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39059/ An overview of the anthropological theories Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Hossain, Dewan Mahboob Mustari, Sohela Ramli, Noor Syafika GN Anthropology Theories are treated as the lifeblood of the disciplines like sociology and anthropology. As a newer discipline that has grown approximately over the last two hundred years, anthropology has proposed different important theories on man and culture. This article presents with an overview of the theories of anthropology developed over the last two hundred years. This can be considered as a general summarized reading of the important anthropological theories like evolutionism, diffusionism, historical particularism, functionalism, culture and personality, structuralism, neo-evolutionism, cultural ecology, cultural materialism, postmodernist and feminist explanations. This article concludes that though each of these theories was criticized by the subsequent theorists, all these theories contributed a lot in the development of anthropology as a discipline. Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA 2014-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39059/1/Overview_Anthropological_Theories.pdf Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura and Hossain, Dewan Mahboob and Mustari, Sohela and Ramli, Noor Syafika (2014) An overview of the anthropological theories. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 4 (10(1)). pp. 155-164. ISSN 2221-0989 (O), 2220-8488 (P) http://www.ijhssnet.com/journal/index/2731
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description	Theories are treated as the lifeblood of the disciplines like sociology and anthropology. As a newer discipline that has grown approximately over the last two hundred years, anthropology has proposed different important theories on man and culture. This article presents with an overview of the theories of anthropology developed over the last two hundred years. This can be considered as a general summarized reading of the important anthropological theories like evolutionism, diffusionism, historical particularism, functionalism, culture and personality, structuralism, neo-evolutionism, cultural ecology, cultural materialism, postmodernist and feminist explanations. This article concludes that though each of these theories was criticized by the subsequent theorists, all these theories contributed a lot in the development of anthropology as a discipline.
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