FINALS ANTHROPOLOGY QUESTIONS?
Just read the book already!
Cultural Anthropology questions on Economy(3 ?s)?
I'm only answering this because you answered mine. In reality I'd usually say DO YOUR HOMEWORK!! haha. 1. Your question is misworded. I can't actually figure out what you're wanting to ask. Reword and I'll change my answer! 2. The most important thing to consider in the world's economy is the final consumer. What is best for the final consumer HAS to be taken into account. If a foreign country can make a similar-quality product at a lower cost, it benefits the consumer and should be taken into consideration. In the short-term, this could cost domestic jobs to be lost; however, if that needs to happen to make the world's economy more efficient, then it should happen. Long and the short is, if an anthropologist's working at a business can benefit the final consumer, then the anthropologist needs to do what is best for society and go to work for the company. 3. Anthropology majors DO tend to largely end up in some form of teaching position, such as at a university. And for whatever reason (I don't mean that negatively, just practically), the major continues to be very popular; so, university positions are extremely stable and will probably stay that way. Taking jobs with companies is still a fairly new concept, and the job doesn't always necessarily become a mainstay with said companies. Ergo not as stable. It basically comes down to the gusto/daringness of the individual anthropologist. Are they willing to be the pioneer and ride it out for better or for worse, or do they feel more comfortable going with the crowd?
Homework help for Cultural Anthropology?
well in the industrial societies, we treasure personal freedom, privacy etc ---> there is huge emphasis on the person. there is nothing about contributing for the greater good of the community. In a culture like ours, we all look out for ourselves, survival of the fittest. what is freedom and liberty for one person may completely vary for another. for example, someone like mitt romney strongly believes in right wing capitalism; he has strong religious ties and does not agree with gay marriage. he feels it is not okay. it is not what marriage is about. On the other side, you might have someone in the same society who is being exploited by a right wing capitalist and who wants to marry another man. for this person, freedom is having the right to gay marriage. for a conservative, their idea is of a man and woman being together. both are free to choose, but the decision they make will selfishly effect eachother in sociey. (dunno if that all made sensee hahaha i tried.) kinship can be seen as unsociable and selfish because it may force people to stay within certain boundaries and not expand outside of that society. The expectations in this society could easily oppress the person, who could be too afraid to be set aside as a social outcast to act on what he/she feels is right. both have flaws.
What is bureaucrat capitalism?
points to the self-organizing character of economies which are not centrally-planned by government. Many, such as Adam Smith, point to what is believed to be the value of individuals pursuing their self-interest as opposed to altruistically working to serve the "common good." Karl Polanyi, a seminal figure in the field of economic anthropology, argued that at the time Smith was primarily describing a period of organization of production along commercial lines. For Polanyi, capitalism is distinguishable from earlier mercantilist and commercial eras by the commodification of land, labour-power,and money. It appeared in mature form as a result of the problems raised when an industrial factory system requiring long-term investment and entailing corresponding risks was introduced into an internationalized commercial framework. Historically speaking, the most pressing needs of this new system were an assured supply of the elements of industry- land, elaborate machinery, and labour, and these imperatives led to the afforementioned commodification; not through a process of self-organizing activity, but rather as a result of deliberate, often forceful, state intervention. (see Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation) Many of these theories call attention to various economic practices that became institutionalized in Europe between the 16th and 19th centuries, especially involving the right of individuals and groups of individuals acting as "legal persons" (or corporations) to buy and sell capital goods, as well as land, labor, and money (see finance and credit), in a free market (see trade), and relying on the state for the enforcement of private property rights rather than on a system of feudal protection and obligations.