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This 3 page paper asserts that rationality is a prerequisite of cultural survival. The example of the Nacirema is discussed. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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History contains more than one account of people being discovered in an isolated area that, on first appearance at least, appear to be irrational.
Typically, this proclamation of irrationality is made from a Eurocentric perspective or, more specifically, from the perspective of the white males that have dominated so much of world history.
It might be contended, however, that if a group of people are truly isolated from other societies they must be capable of providing for their most basic needs so
that they can survive. This should be the measure of rationality, not the opinion of someone from outside their culture who has absolutely no understanding of to what precisely
the behavior they are witnessing relates and from what cultural need it has evolved. There are many examples, particularly in the anthropological
literature, of cultural studies that likely have some cultural bias at play. Even given this fact, the picture we are provided in these works makes it very difficult at
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