Re: the mind of culture: tops-down or bottoms-up?

Gerold Firl (geroldf@sdd.hp.com)
11 Jul 1996 00:20:00 GMT

In article <4s19ss$302i@usenetz1.news.prodigy.com>, QFCL41A@prodigy.com (Dan Grossman) writes:
|> The leading advocate of cultural determinism was Leslie White. See
|> theScience of Culture,the Evolution of Culture,and several other books.

"Cultural determinism" - that has a nice ring to it. what does it
mean? Can you give a brief idea of white's PoV?

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