An anthropologist named Marvin Harris studied why societies responded to issues in certain ways. His work led to the theory of cultural materialism, which argues that human social life is shaped by practical problems of survival. Cultural materialism proposes that economic and material factors largely determine a culture's worldview. [RESPONSE]: Cultural materialism, as defined by Marvin Harris, is a theory that seeks to explain sociocultural variations and trends in societies through changes in modes of production and reproductive forces (Harris, 2001). According to this view, the economic foundations and material conditions of a society greatly influence other aspects of culture such as social organizations, political systems, and belief systems. While economic and material factors undoubtedly