Before coming to this seminar I thought I had a general idea of what the differences were between subjects such as anthropology and sociology. However, after that class I realized I could not give you a clear answer on what the distinctions are between these studies. After looking it up, I got that anthropology is “the study of human societies and cultures and their development,” and sociology is, “the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.” Even in their definitions they’re pretty similar, so I guess the confusion was justified. This book has made me realize that although there are these different fields of study, many are interdisciplinary and cross paths in a lot of different ways with each other.
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