Even though the ancient Britons had iron, where it came from was deemed more important and they were not directly placed into the stage associated with iron. Therefore, the groupings are not as discrete as Morgan claims. Furthermore, some of the criteria for the categories are ethnocentric and do not fully recognize the complexity of some societies. Morgan places a particular emphasis on owning private property and how “its dominance as a passion over all other passions marks the commencement of civilization” (48). For a scholar that had a particular interest in Native American cultures (11), he fails to realize that their notion of property is vastly different than his own. ELABORATE. TALK ABOUT RACE. In addition to underlying racist tones by today’s standard, some thought Morgan failed at a very basic level. Franz Boas believed that Morgan had fundamental and illogical flaws in his groupings. He lumped together vastly different societies based on facts such as having similar weaponry (51,
Even though the ancient Britons had iron, where it came from was deemed more important and they were not directly placed into the stage associated with iron. Therefore, the groupings are not as discrete as Morgan claims. Furthermore, some of the criteria for the categories are ethnocentric and do not fully recognize the complexity of some societies. Morgan places a particular emphasis on owning private property and how “its dominance as a passion over all other passions marks the commencement of civilization” (48). For a scholar that had a particular interest in Native American cultures (11), he fails to realize that their notion of property is vastly different than his own. ELABORATE. TALK ABOUT RACE. In addition to underlying racist tones by today’s standard, some thought Morgan failed at a very basic level. Franz Boas believed that Morgan had fundamental and illogical flaws in his groupings. He lumped together vastly different societies based on facts such as having similar weaponry (51,