explain malinowski's 'need theory' with suitable example
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Malinowski was a very famous British anthropologist who proposed the need theory where he said that a practice needs to function to fulfill the needs of the individual for functioning of a better society moreover he also said that it should not include the whole society as one for the needs but an individual as everyone has different needs.For example if a person wants something it is not necessary that everyone belonging to the same society will want it.
The Malinowski need theory is to thoroughly study about the culture by examining rigorously about how the cultures will be answering and questioning the basic needs of a culture in humankind.
The concept of Malinowski would meet the biological as well as social needs.
For this theory, it is all about notion of needs, especially the psychological needs.