" Then why did you find it worth your while to talk about Christians and Jews at all?"
You seriously couldn't figure it out despite what I said? Could I have been making fun of you?
"And learn what Anthropology actually means while you're at it"
I don't know why you guys think you know something I don't, but I find it hilarious. I'm guessing you're equating anthropology to simply being digging for fossils or living among foreign tribes. There's even a branch of anthropology called, "Psychological anthropology". guess what that is.
Anthropology is the study of HUMANS and their development. Some people call it the, "Science of humans". In fact the word anthropology comes from meant HUMAN. Here, why don't you read about it on wikipedia so you can know what it is, and show me exactly how I don't know what I'm talking about. Consider this a challenge since you're such a smart guy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology
Let me give you a few hints or something.
Could it be...:
A) It is holistic in two senses: it is concerned with all humans at all times, and with
all dimensions of humanity.
B) A primary trait that traditionally distinguished anthropology from other humanistic disciplines is an emphasis on
cross-cultural comparisons. This distinction has, however, become increasingly the subject of controversy and debate, with anthropological methods now being commonly applied in
single society/group studies.
C) cultural anthropology, (called social anthropology in the United Kingdom and now often known as socio-cultural anthropology). Areas studied by cultural anthropologists include social networks, diffusion, social behavior, kinship patterns, law, politics, ideology, religion, beliefs, patterns in production and consumption, exchange, socialization, gender, and other expressions of culture, with strong emphasis on the importance of fieldwork or participant-observation (i.e living among the social group being studied for an extended period of time);
D) More recently, some anthropology programs began dividing the field into two, one emphasizing the
humanities and critical theory, the other emphasizing the natural sciences and empirical observation.
Regardless of how you look at it, anthropology has alot to do with the study of CULTURE and SOCIETY and the way it DEVELOPS. If you deny that it shows how fucking stupid you are, and it will bring me great pleasure. But go ahead. Do it. Give it to me. Come on, give it to me.
I seriously want to hear your smart guy talk about what anthropology really is, you blaring jackass.
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