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| - | '''Anthropology''' (from Greek: ἀνθρωπος, ''anthropos'', "human being"; and λόγος, ''logos'', "knowledge") is the study of [[Homo (genus)|humanity]]. Anthropology has origins in the [[natural sciences]], the [[humanities]], and the [[social science]]s. [[Ethnography]] is both one its primary methods, and the text that is written as a result of the practice of anthropology. | ||
| - | Since the work of [[Franz Boas]] and [[Bronisław Malinowski]] in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, cultural and social anthropology has been distinguished from other social science disciplines by its emphasis on in-depth examination of context, [[cross-cultural studies|cross-cultural comparisons]] (socio-cultural anthropology is by nature a comparative discipline), and the importance it places on long-term, experiential immersion in the area of research, often known as [[Participant observation|participant-observation]]. Cultural-Social anthropology in particular has emphasized [[Cultural relativism|cultural relativity]] and the use of their findings to frame cultural critiques. This has been particularly prominent in America, from Boas's arguments against 19th-century racial ideology, through [[Margaret Mead]]'s advocacy for gender equality and sexual liberation, to current criticisms of [[post-colonialism|post-colonial]] oppression and promotion of [[multiculturalism]]. | + | In [[science]], the term '''natural science''' refers to a [[Rationalism|rational]] approach to the study of the [[universe]], which is understood as obeying rules or law of [[nature|natural]] origin. The term ''natural science'' is also used to distinguish those fields that use the [[scientific method]] to study [[nature]] from the [[social sciences]], which use the scientific method to study human behavior and society; and from the [[formal science]]s, such as [[mathematics]] and [[logic]], which use a different (''[[Apriori|a priori]]'') [[methodology]]. |
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| - | [[Culture]] | [[Émile Durkheim]] | [[Theory]] | [[Against Interpretation]] | [[Twentieth-Century French Philosophy]] | [[Science]] | [[Periodization]] | [[Fetishism]] | [[Psychology]] | [[Wrong]] | [[Sociology of culture]] | [[College of Sociology]] | [[Georges Bataille]] | + | |
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In science, the term natural science refers to a rational approach to the study of the universe, which is understood as obeying rules or law of natural origin. The term natural science is also used to distinguish those fields that use the scientific method to study nature from the social sciences, which use the scientific method to study human behavior and society; and from the formal sciences, such as mathematics and logic, which use a different (a priori) methodology.
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