Basic Principles of Sociocultural Materialism
A Note Before Starting:
Sociocultural Systems
Sociocultural Materialism
Assumptions
Biopsychological Needs
Need to Eat
Need to Conserve Energy
Need for Sex
Need for Love
Need for Meaning
Biopsychological Needs (minor points):
Universal Structure of Societies
Environment
Environmental Constraints
Infrastructure
Infrastructural Components:
Mode of Production
Modes of Production through History
Criteria for Classifying Societies
Mode of Reproduction
MODE OF REPRODUCTION
Intensification
Social Structure
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Primary Groups
Secondary Groups
Elite
Bureaucratization
Superstructure
Cultural Superstructure
Mental Superstructure
Values
Tradition
Emotional Action
Zweckrational
Rationalization
Principle of Infrastructural Determinism:
Principle of Infrastructural Determinism
Feedback
System Dynamics
Infrastructural Determinism
The Materialist Approach:
Materialist Approach
Why the Infrastructure?
Relationship to Social Problems
Conclusion
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