Alternative histories of British social anthropology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2130189
AutoresAdam Kuper (Brunel University of London, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen13
Número1
Páginas47-64
Fecha de publicación2005-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0964-0282 • E-ISSN: 1469-8676
EditorialBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1017/s0964028204000862
OpenAlexW2101629826
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas17

Thinking about the future, we are obliged to rethink conventional accounts of our history. Alternative histories challenge received ideas about the development of British social anthropology. Some have put in question the precise nature of the Malinowskian revolution. Others reopen debates about the relationship between anthropology and colonialism (or, more broadly, about the relevance of social anthropology to policy questions). And the oral tradition insistently reminds us that private histories may undermine what we think we know about the great figures of the past. As we consider the prospects for European social anthropology, other questions impose themselves. One has to do with the institutional rivalries between social anthropology and sociology, and between social anthropology conceived of as a social science and the cultural anthropology dominant in the United States

Geography · Social anthropology · Sociology · American Political and Social Dynamics · Anthropology · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History