geography
Does Possibilism Claim Environment Controls Culture?
💡 The Answer
- Possibilism argues environment only sets limitations, not fully determines.
- Culture and human actions are shaped by social conditions.
- This opposes environmental determinism which says environment dictates culture.
- Strabo first articulated this idea in 64 BC.
- Marshall Sahlins applied it in cultural ecology.
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