What did Boas argue about the progression of culture?
It's linear
It's random
It's cyclical
It develops through interactions and diffusion of ideas
Answer
Boas argued that culture develops historically through the interactions of groups of people and the diffusion of ideas. He rejected Then-popular evolutionary approaches to the study of culture, which saw all societies progressing through a set of hierarchic stages.
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