Social determinants: theories, exclusions and ‘knowledge’
Except for some marxist’s tendencies, the concept of social determinants has been little used by Latin American social anthropology; even when most anthropologists between 1940s and the present have used culture as a determinant, without making it explicit. In this paper this concept is questioned b...
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Escuela de Antropología - FHyA
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistadeantropologia.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revistadeantropologia/article/view/256 |
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| Sumario: | Except for some marxist’s tendencies, the concept of social determinants has been little used by Latin American social anthropology; even when most anthropologists between 1940s and the present have used culture as a determinant, without making it explicit. In this paper this concept is questioned because it eliminates possibilities and excludes the ‘knowledges’ of social actors, turning it into a concept that is not only abstract but also an ideological one. |
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