Cultural materialism is one of the major anthropological perspectives for analyzing human societies. It incorporates ideas from Marxism, cultural evolution, and cultural ecology. Materialism contends ...Cultural materialism is one of the major anthropological perspectives for analyzing human societies. It incorporates ideas from Marxism, cultural evolution, and cultural ecology. Materialism contends that the physical world impacts and sets constraints on human behavior. The materialists believe that human behavior is part of nature and therefore, it can be understood by using the methods of natural science. Materialists do not necessarily assume that material reality is more important than ment
Influential pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to serve as the platform for the Communist League. Became one of the principal revolutionary statements of the European socialist and com...Influential pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to serve as the platform for the Communist League. Became one of the principal revolutionary statements of the European socialist and communist parties in the 19th and early 20th centuries.