Editing Cultural anthropology (section)

==History==
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[[File:Edward Burnett Tylor.jpg|thumb|[[Edward Burnett Tylor]], founder of cultural anthropology]]
Modern anthropology emerged in the 19th century coinciding with significant developments in the Western world. These changes sparked a renewed interest in understanding humankind, particularly, its origins, unity, and plurality. However, it was in the 20th century that cultural anthropology began to adopt a more pluralistic perspective on cultures and societies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cultural anthropology - Historical Development, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Fieldwork {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/cultural-anthropology/Historical-development-of-cultural-anthropology |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

Cultural anthropology emerged in the late 19th century, shaped by debates over what constituted "primitive" versus "civilized" societies, an issue that preoccupied not only [[Sigmund Freud|Freud]], but many of his contemporaries. [[Colonialism]] expansion increasingly brought European thinkers into direct or indirect contact with "primitive others".<ref name="Rhodes 2001">{{Cite journal|last=Rhodes|first=Lorna A.|s2cid=53974202|date=2001|title=Toward an Anthropology of Prisons|journal=Annual Review of Anthropology|volume=30|pages=65–83|doi=10.1146/annurev.anthro.30.1.65}}</ref> The first generation of cultural anthropologists were interested in the relative status of various humans, some of whom had modern advanced technologies, while others lacked anything but face-to-face communication techniques and still lived a Paleolithic lifestyle.