- Cultural Anthropology - is a historical discipline whose basic task: the reconstruction of cultur

- Is characterized by a critical response to the theories and methods of evolutionism, at the end of the 19th century, was replaced by evolutionism in the early years of the 20th century was crucial to the theory of culture
two different cultures to develop themselves uneven pressure)
Diffusion - understood as a process in which a variety of products of human activity each passed different kultúrami- Thus, as the dissemination of cultural elements and cultural complexes from one geographic area to another.
European difuzionizmu Source: German antropogeografia by Karl Ritter (focused on the study of human-relations spoločnosť- Culture- environment as the single characteristic geographic population china region)
Work: Antropogeografia I.- II.- somatic and socio-cultural differences between two different local cultures have been formed under the influence of a century of action of various geographical population china factors (climate, the spatial distribution of the population)
- The study of cultural change is necessary to pay attention to the diffusion of cultural elements and complexes in the area and population migration, there is absolutely geographic limits that would prevent the penetration of cultural characters from different regions around the world.
When elements of material culture was convinced that the same characteristics can be interpreted as a result of cultural diffusion. But not any similarity arising from cultural kontaktov- the range of subjects is really back through functional specifications. However, if we find a further substantial qualitative similarity (not applicable to the intended use of artefacts) - Historical mutual population china contacts.
- Extended Ratzelovo criterion forms the criterion of the number of occurrences of cultural similarities.
4. in the works: The mind of primitive man; Primitive art; Anthropology and modern life; General population china anthropology; Race, language and culture elaborated questions historicism and the inductive method, and laid the foundations of American difuzionizmu.
- American anthropology is a systematic science of man and culture, which includes knowledge: from physiology and anatomy, ethnography, ethnology, archeology, prehistory, linguistics, psychology, sociology.
Physical Anthropology: tried to clarify the laws of creation, modification of physical types, under the influence of a changing environment; proved that the physical standards of individuals in Europe differ significantly from the physical characteristics of those who were born in the United States.
Linguistic anthropology: a prerequisite for successful field research is Anthropologists knowledge of the language of that review. Created a research model that would enable the phenomena through their phonetic, syntactic and semantic dimensions. According to him, knowledge population china of the language contributes to a deeper knowledge of the study of culture, grammatical forms and categories provide a picture of the basic organization of human consciousness.
Cultural anthropology: two approaches to the study of natural and cultural phenomena: nomotetický- reveal population china generally applicable laws and causation of things and phenomena idiografický- to the understanding of the nature and meaning of the phenomena studied
- Cultural Anthropology - is a historical discipline whose basic task: the reconstruction of cultural history, understand the reasons for the dynamics of culture, understanding of the social relations and cultural meanings of events population china in a particular historical context.
Cultural Theory: Foundations cultural research, population china according to him, the empirical data obtained through field research. It should take priority research the role of human emotions that are reflected in the behavior and survival of people, functioning institutions and social relations. The key to understanding the importance of emotions for the functioning of the customs: learned schemes for dealing in standard situations; when an activity over a period of repeated automates and manages the more familiarity than conscious thought - becomes so digestion that can act as an innate disposition.
Cultural determinism: the relationship between man and culture - emphasized the plasticity of a man who is what he creates culture (one more than learning forms). Human dealing grows out of cultural tradition and thus understands culture as a special service world experiences, values, resources that shape human.
Each culture population china is formed by cultural elements derived from different sources. Cultural history are the result of random contacts and borrowings between different cultures. It is necessary to pay attention to elements were taken, how they were modified and integrated from its source.
Works: Culture and ethnology, population china history of anthropological theory, social organization = contributed to the development of the theory of man and culture; Primitive society = critical of evolutionism, proved that monogamy is not the creation of civilization, based on empirical data confirmed