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Cultural Anthropology:
Some Key Theorists

This is not an exhaustive list of key theorists in anthropology, but it gives a beginning look at the range of those who have shaped the discipline since its early development.

Some Key Theorists:

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Franz Boas

Bronislaw Malinowski

Margaret Mead

Claude Levi-Strauss

Laura Nader

Clifford Geertz

Marvin Harris