Chagnon Debate

Chagnon Debate In Patrick Tierney?s article ?The Fierce Anthropologist,? he discussed the faults that argon, or may be, present in Napoleon Chagnon?s anthropological research of the Yanamamo, or ?The Fierce People,? as Chagnon has referred to them in his best-selling book on the people. Due to Chagnon?s bizarre body of work in terms of quantity and, as many argue, quality, Marvin Harris draws heavily on his research to support his point, which is that the countercurrent of war is ecological and reproductive pressure.

One should question Harris?s theories (and all theories), especially in the light of the aforementioned article, scarcely I do not believe his arguments ar, or should be, adversely affected by the information presented in this article. The claim that the Yanamamo are an extremely militant people is pervasive in Chagnon?s work, and Harris uses this as the basis for his arguments. However, Tierney claims that ?Chagnon?s account of Yanamami warfare seemed greatly ...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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