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Marvin Harris
AuthorBooks · Second hand1927-2001
Marvin Harris was 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.
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About Marvin Harris
Birth
1927
Death
2001
Marvin Harris was 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.
Marvin Harris was born in Brooklyn and became a fundamental figure in modern anthropology.
He is globally recognized as the father of cultural materialism, a school of thought that revolutionized the study of societies.
His prolific career led him to publish 42 works exploring social evolution and ethnology.
In his most notable work, 'Our Kind', he analyzes who we are and where we are heading as a species.
His thinking integrated Marx's forces of production with Malthus's demographic theories to explain sociocultural systems.
