Date | Theoretical Perspective | Theorist | Scope |
1870s | Unilineal Cultural Evolution (American) (European) | L.H. Morgan Edward Tylor | Macro |
1900s | Historical Particularism | Franz Boas | Micro |
1910s | Functionalism (American) (European) | Radcliffe-Brown Bronislaw Malinowski | Macro |
1920s | Culture and Personality | Margaret Mead | Micro |
1930s | Cultural Ecology | Julian Steward | Macro |
1940s- 1950s | Structuralism (European) | Claude Levi-Strauss | Macro |
1960s | Cultural Materialism | Marvin Harris | Either |
1960s | Interpretive | Clifford Geertz | Micro |
1970s | Feminist < several types 1. Marxist 2. Interpretive | Eleanor Leacock Nancy Scheper-Hughes | Either |
1980s | Reflexive [Post-Modern] | Renato Rosaldo | Micro |
1990s | Applied Perspectives | | Micro |
1980s- present | Post-Structuralism (European) | Jacque Derrida Pierre Bourdieu | Micro |
