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To: JohnM who wrote (131690)	8/11/2005 3:08:22 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) of 793853

then the obvious contemporary counter claims come from Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, or, though I don't know that literature in cultural geography Well, the anthropologist would answer that Diamond is a Cultural Materialist, one of their own, if a bit narrow in his thesis. Culture is a result of the interplay of various factors, including environment. I'm torn between the Marxist-derived Cultural Materialism and a more Idealist Durkheim-ish explanation. If Durkheim didn't fall into mysticism, he might have been spot-on. I did a major research paper in college on Durkheim's Division of Labor, which is a masterpiece. Anthropology disservices itself by ignoring his early work. Derek

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