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Marvin Harris Cultural Materialism

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Cultural materialism was introduced by Marvin Harris, the theory states the belief that if something if not of value to a society’s ability to produce or reproduce its not important, and it can ignore the spiritual significance given to something by a culture. In simpler words if something has not helped a society live and survive over the years, then a culture will not give it power and statues in their religion or culture. In the Jewish law the consumption of pork is a forbidden food, because it’s a “non-kosher” food. In order for meat to be kosher the animal must be a ruminant and have split hooves. Marvin Harris believed the main reason for the prohibition of pork in the Judaism religion is due to ecological and economic reasons. Pigs needed
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