Stark realities and Eurocentric/androcentric bias in the sociology of religion.
From: Sociology of Religion
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Date: 9/22/1996
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Author: Carroll, Michael P.
It is hardly novel to suggest that scientific theories can be shaped by prevailing cultural values. Writing in 1862, just three years after the publication of Origin of species, Marx noted how remarkable it was that "Darwin recognizes among beasts and plants his English society with its division Of labor, competition, opening up of new markets [and] inventions" (cited in Schmidt 1971:46). Engels was even blunter, saying that "the whole Darwinist teaching of the struggle for ...
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