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Chapter 07: Biological Anthropology In Its Relation To The Anthropology Of Law, Wolfgang Fikentscher

Wolfgang Fikentscher

Inclusive online updates jan10. Systematically, anthropology c an be divided in cultural and biologocal (=physical, physiological) anthropology. Historically, in all stages of its development, anthropology has its period-specific relationship between its cultural and biological side. The following four examples may illustrate this: The cultural-anthropological evolutionists were strongly influenced by the biologist Charles Darwin. Bronislaw Malinowski’s functionalism focused on behavioral and psychological side of human society. Later anthropological studies included biological data in their ethnographic, materialist, or structuralist studies. The biological-anthropological research on – apparently - innate universals such as incest avoidance, hierarchy, possession, and liberty to act pose legal issues. …