by Marvin Harris · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420639635
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«Vacas, cerdos, guerras y brujas» is the anthropology essay by Marvin Harris, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).
The anthropologist Marvin Harris asks why some cultures adopt seemingly irrational practices, such as the taboo on eating pork among Jews and Muslims or the Hindu veneration of cows. Harris also analyzes messianic movements, machismo and belligerence, and proposes material explanations behind those beliefs.
Part of the El Libro de Bolsillo - Ciencias Sociales collection. The English original was published in 1974 as 'Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture'.
For readers of anthropology and social sciences who want to understand the material origin of customs.
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.
