Radcliffe-Brown advocated that social anthropology be a synchronic rather than a diachronic science; that is, a study
A) of culture in motion (synchronic) rather than as a static entity (diachronic).
B) that compares cultural traits within the same society and not across societies.
C) of societies across time (synchronic) rather than across space (diachronic).
D) of societies as they exist today (synchronic, one at a time) rather than across time (diachronic).
E) of societies as made up of individuals, not as a sum greater than its parts.

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Radcliffe-Brown argued that social anthropology should be a synchronic science, focusing on studying societies as they exist in the present rather than studying them across time (diachronically). Thus, option D accurately describes his viewpoint.

Radcliffe-Brown Advocated That Social Anthropology Be a Synchronic Rather Than