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Anthropologist Marvin Harris points out that, from an ethnocentric viewpoint, people in the United States are likely to conclude that cow worship in India is a primary cause of hunger and poverty in that country. At the same time, Harris demonstrates that the Hindu taboo against killing cattle is very important to the economic system in India. His approach illustrates:
 
  a. cultural relativism.b. reverse ethnocentrism.
 c. cultural diversity. d. authoritarianism.

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Weber's term __________ refers to the process by which traditional informal and spontaneous methods of social organization are gradually replaced by efficiently administered formal rules and procedures.
 
  a. rationality
 b. oligarchy
 c. transition
 d. assimilation


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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
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