Anthropology

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When did anthropology begin to shift away from serving national and religious organizations?

  • Late thirteenth century
  • Mid-twentieth century
  • Early seventeenth century
  • Late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries (correct)

What was the initial purpose of anthropology during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

  • To promote cultural understanding and cooperation
  • To identify weaknesses and failings of other cultures for exploitation (correct)
  • To study the origins of human civilization
  • To establish global religious organizations

What does the anthropological approach to selfhood emphasize?

  • The genetic basis of self-identity
  • The individual's complete independence from the group
  • The superiority of one culture over others
  • The socially defined phenomenon of the self (correct)

What question has informed anthropology's research since the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries?

<p>What does it mean to be human? (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does anthropology view the relationship between the self and the group?

<p>The self is socially defined, created by both the impression of the group and the expression of the individual (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the initial purpose of anthropology during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

<p>To identify weaknesses and failings of other cultures for exploitation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What question has informed anthropology's research since the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries?

<p>What does it mean to be human? (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the anthropological approach view the relationship between the self and the group?

<p>The self is a socially defined phenomenon influenced by both the group and the individual (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the unique view of anthropology on the issue of selfhood?

<p>The self is a socially defined phenomenon influenced by both the group and the individual (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did anthropology begin to shift away from serving national and religious organizations?

<p>During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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