The view that each element of culture,such as the culture trait or trait complex,has its own distinctive history,and that social forms (such as totemism in different societies)that might look similar are not comparable because of their different histories,is known as
A) historical particularism.
B) cultural generalism.
C) the Boasian approach.
D) structural functionalism.
E) comparative functionalism.

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This view is known as historical particularism, which was promoted by Franz Boas, the founding figure of American anthropology. Boas argued that each culture should be understood in its own unique historical and environmental context, and that cultural traits cannot be compared across cultures because they have different histories.

The View That Each Element of Culture,such as the Culture