Marvin Harris
Marvin Harris
Marvin Harriswas an American anthropologist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. A prolific writer, he was highly influential in the development of cultural materialism. In his work he combined Karl Marx's emphasis on the forces of production with Thomas Malthus's insights on the impact of demographic factors on other parts of the sociocultural system...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth18 August 1927
CountryUnited States of America
Marvin Harris quotes about
cattle compared conditions material parts sought
The answer has to be sought in the material conditions of the production and utilization of cattle in India compared with the production and utilization of cattle in other parts of the world.
chinese following gets result route saying series simply tried
I think that by following the route that I have tried to outline, one gets into a much more interesting and productive series of questions than those that result from saying simply that Chinese don't like milk because they don't like milk.
sugar revolution technique
But with the Industrial Revolution and introduction of various industrial techniques for purifying sugar, we have a situation in which what we are consuming is not good nutritionally or ecologically.
vegetarianism meat-eating victory
Hindus and Westerners alike see in the meat-eating taboos of India a triumph of morals over appetite. This is a dangerous misrepresentation of cultural processes. Hindu vegetarianism was a victory not of spirit over matter but of reproductive over productive forces.
pigs use hungry
Pigs eat grass if they are very hungry, but they can't use it as a regular source of food.