Stephen K. Sanderson

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| ecosystem | adaptation | agrarian societies | class systems |
| deduction | induction | race | division of labor |
| paradigm | cumulative change | power | constitutional government |
| innovation | extinction | fundamental innovations | cultural diffusion |
| cultural lag | cultural transmission | demography | evolution |
| hunting & gathering societies | legitimacy | self consciousness | sex stratification |
| social evolution | stratification | technology | horticultural societies |
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Essays:
On your next exam you will be asked to demonstrate that you have read and mastered the course material. You should take the time now to answer the following essay questions to create your study guide for that exam. Address the questions fully and completely in your own words and voice. Prepare your answers now.
Compare and contrasts Sanderson's theory with Harris's Cultural Materialism.
According to Sanderson, why did capitalism become dominant in the 16th century?
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The following short answer questions are from your readings and may well appear on your next exam. Each can be answered with a short paragraph of three or four sentences; please use your own words and voice. You are encouraged to answer these questions now to create your study guide for that exam.
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Links:
Sanderson's Evolutionary Materialism
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Sanderson, S. (2007, June 20). About Sanderson.
(F. Elwell, Interviewer)
Sanderson, S. K. (2007).
Evolutionism and Its Critics: Deconstructing and Reconstructing an Evolutionary
Interpretation of Human Society. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers.
Sanderson, S. K. (1990).
Social Evolutionism: A Critical History. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Sanderson, S. K. (1999).
Social Transformations: A General Theory of Historical Development. Lanham:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Sanderson, S. K., & Alderson,
A. S. (2005). World Societies: The Evolution of Human Social Life.
Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
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