Special Issue on Cultural Materialism
Cultural Materialism is an anthropological research orientation and first introduced by Marvin
Harris in his 1968 book The Rise of Anthropological Theory. Cultural
materialism embraces three anthropological schools of thought, cultural
materialism, cultural evolution and cultural ecology. Cultural materialism
explains cultural similarities and differences as well as models for cultural
change within a societal framework consisting of three distinct levels: infrastructure,
structure and superstructure. Cultural Materialists believe that all societies
operate according to model in which production and reproduction dominate and
determine the other sectors of culture effectively serving as the driving
forces behind all cultural development.
In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line
researchers and authors to submit original researches and review articles on
exploring cultural materialism.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
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Cultural materialism
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Cultural
evolution
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Cultural
ecology
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Cultural
similarities and differences
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Society's infrastructure, structure, and superstructure
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Culture Development and Ethnicity Evolution
Authors should read over the journal’s For Authors carefully before submission. Prospective
authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through
the journal’s Paper Submission System.
Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue”
under your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field
“Special Issue – Cultural Materialism”
should be chosen during your submission.
According to the
following timetable:
Submission Deadline
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September 26th, 2017
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Publication Date
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November 2017
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Guest Editor:
For
further questions or inquiries, please
contact Editorial Assistant at
aa@scirp.org