Jan J De Wolf
Biographic Data
| ID | 77808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan J De Wolf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan J |
| FAMILY NAME | De Wolf |
| SIGNATURE | DE WOLF J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conditions of comparison
The predicament of writing the history of anthropology1
Islamische Stam-mesgesellschaften. Tribale Identitäten im Vorderen Orient in sozialanthropologischer Perspektive by Kraus, Wolfgang
The predicament of writing the history of anthropology
A Disconcerting Life
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
On Figuring and Modeling Nuer-Dinka Differences
Principles for Oral Narrative Research
Colonial ethnography
During the 1960s and '70s the relation between colonialism and anthropology was, for a time, a much discussed topic.An early contribution was Macquet's (1964) article, Objectivity in Anthropology.Macquet claimed that there were two theoretical anthropological perspectives which had served colonialism in Africa.Evolutionism had justified colonial conquest and expansion, and functionalism had been useful during the next stage of colonial consolidat…
Ethnology in the Third ReichVolkerkunde im Nationalsozialismus
Ecology and Conquest
Nilotic ethnography has become standard fare in contemporary social and cultural anthropology (Burton 1988:453). As a consequence many anthropologists who did not have extensive first-hand acquaintance with the Nuer and Dinka have tried to use the material collected by Evans-Pritchard and Lienhardt in arguments which are liable to remain inconclusive because empirical evidence supporting alternative interpretations is not available. The discussio…
Dini ya Msambwa
In May 1947 Elijah Masinde, a Bukusu from Kimilili Location in the Western Province of Kenya, was released from Mathare Mental Hospital in Nairobi. He had been certified insane when he was serving a sentence of one year's imprisonment for assaulting chief's assistants who were recruiting men for compulsory employment in connection with the war effort in 1944. The hospital authorities believed that his relatives would be able to look after him sat…
Differentiation and Integration in Western Kenya. A Study of Religious Innovation and Social Change among the Bukusu
Colonial ethnography
During the 1960s and '70s the relation between colonialism and anthropology was, for a time, a much discussed topic.An early contribution was Macquet's (1964) article, Objectivity in Anthropology.Macquet claimed that there were two theoretical anthropological perspectives which had served colonialism in Africa.Evolutionism had justified colonial conquest and expansion, and functionalism had been useful during the next stage of colonial consolidat…
The predicament of writing the history of anthropology1
Ethnology in the Third ReichVolkerkunde im Nationalsozialismus
Ecology and Conquest
Nilotic ethnography has become standard fare in contemporary social and cultural anthropology (Burton 1988:453). As a consequence many anthropologists who did not have extensive first-hand acquaintance with the Nuer and Dinka have tried to use the material collected by Evans-Pritchard and Lienhardt in arguments which are liable to remain inconclusive because empirical evidence supporting alternative interpretations is not available. The discussio…
Dini ya Msambwa
In May 1947 Elijah Masinde, a Bukusu from Kimilili Location in the Western Province of Kenya, was released from Mathare Mental Hospital in Nairobi. He had been certified insane when he was serving a sentence of one year's imprisonment for assaulting chief's assistants who were recruiting men for compulsory employment in connection with the war effort in 1944. The hospital authorities believed that his relatives would be able to look after him sat…
Differentiation and Integration in Western Kenya. A Study of Religious Innovation and Social Change among the Bukusu
Dini ya Msambwa
In May 1947 Elijah Masinde, a Bukusu from Kimilili Location in the Western Province of Kenya, was released from Mathare Mental Hospital in Nairobi. He had been certified insane when he was serving a sentence of one year's imprisonment for assaulting chief's assistants who were recruiting men for compulsory employment in connection with the war effort in 1944. The hospital authorities believed that his relatives would be able to look after him sat…
Ecology and Conquest
Nilotic ethnography has become standard fare in contemporary social and cultural anthropology (Burton 1988:453). As a consequence many anthropologists who did not have extensive first-hand acquaintance with the Nuer and Dinka have tried to use the material collected by Evans-Pritchard and Lienhardt in arguments which are liable to remain inconclusive because empirical evidence supporting alternative interpretations is not available. The discussio…
Colonial ethnography
During the 1960s and '70s the relation between colonialism and anthropology was, for a time, a much discussed topic.An early contribution was Macquet's (1964) article, Objectivity in Anthropology.Macquet claimed that there were two theoretical anthropological perspectives which had served colonialism in Africa.Evolutionism had justified colonial conquest and expansion, and functionalism had been useful during the next stage of colonial consolidat…
Ethnology in the Third ReichVolkerkunde im Nationalsozialismus
Principles for Oral Narrative Research
On Figuring and Modeling Nuer-Dinka Differences
A Disconcerting Life
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The predicament of writing the history of anthropology
The predicament of writing the history of anthropology1
Islamische Stam-mesgesellschaften. Tribale Identitäten im Vorderen Orient in sozialanthropologischer Perspektive by Kraus, Wolfgang
Conditions of comparison
Sociology (6 works) · History (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (2 works)