A Non-Quantitative Non-Law in Anthropology: A Reply to Carneiro
- 1 July 1972
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 37 (3) , 447-449
- https://doi.org/10.2307/278444
Abstract
I explain my "failure" to familiarize myself with Carneiro's more recent attempts to arrive at "laws" of cultural evolution, and go on to critically evaluate his 1968 paper. I attempt to demonstrate that Carneiro's "law" is not applicable to cultural development in general, and that it is neither quantitative in application nor a law.Keywords
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