Cows, Pigs, Witches Summary And Analysis

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In the first chapter of Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches by Marvin Harris, Harris puts across the ideology of the Hindu culture; moreover, with their illogical beliefs and aberrant lifestyles. Culture is merely based off of different traditions and legends that have been passed down through centuries of times, some of which might not make sense to others. The example brought up was the love for the sacred cows in India. In the Hindu culture cows are seen as the divine bounty of earth and have been given a status level of spiritual being. Harris brings up issues of India’s hunger and poverty issues are caused due to the worshiping of the cows. He continues with claims: “that cow worship lowers the efficiency of agriculture,” (p.12) and “that taboo

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