Anthropology College

Hunter-Gatherer Culture: Sahlins Original Affluent Society & Kaplan Critique

Week 2 anthropology readings on hunter-gatherer economics. Sahlins’ “The Original Affluent Society” (Stone Age Economics, 1972) argues hunters meet material wants by desiring little rather than producing much. Kaplan’s “The Darker Side of the Original Affluent Society” challenges that picture. Use this pack to compare affluence, scarcity and energy use in foraging economies.

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Preview of Study Plan: Hunter-Gatherer Culture through Sahlins’s “Original Affluent Society” and Kaplan’s Critique

Study Plan: Hunter-Gatherer Culture through Sahlins’s “Original Affluent Society” and Kaplan’s Critique Create a 4-6 lesson study plan on hunter-gatherer culture focused on Sahlins's Original Affluent Society thesis and Kaplan's critique, using only the indexed Sahlins and Kaplan reading. 6 lessons 300 min

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Setting the Debate: Why Hunter-Gatherers Were Recast as “Affluent”From: Week_2_Sahlins,_Kaplan Kaplan's Critique: The Darker Side of the Original Affluent SocietyFrom: Week_2_Sahlins,_Kaplan Sahlins: The Original Affluent Society - Core Argument and ImplicationsFrom: Week_2_Sahlins,_Kaplan

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Kaplan - Critique of the Affluent Society Thesis6 cards Sahlins - Original Affluent Society6 cards

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Practice Test - Kaplan's Critique of the Affluent Society Thesis5 questions · pass 50% Practice Test - Sahlins and the Original Affluent Society5 questions · pass 50%