The ownership of culture

Reconciling Our Common and Separate Heritages

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6038265
AutoresJonathan Stone (0000-0002-8466-4562, Department of Anatomy University of Sydney NSW 2006, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen27
Número3
Páginas161-167
Fecha de publicación1992-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4453.1992.tb00300.x
OpenAlexW2021335985
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas8

Physical anthropology is a young branch of science, but of enormous interest and achievement. With other aspects of anthropology, however, it has become the focus of criticism voiced by those whose history and traditions are the objects of its study. A resolution of this tension requires an understanding both of the scientific tradition criticised, and the social traditions which are the source of criticism. Ideas are canvassed which suggest that this conflict is a contemporary instance of a long tension between science – unpredictable, uncaring yet powerful – and the hopes which give rise to our great social visions and traditions. In particular it is argued that the criticism of anthropology is an extension of the contemporary advocacy of human rights. It is suggested that the resolution of the conflict may also emerge from the concept of human rights, in particular from the idea of a common human family, inherent in that concept

Criticism · Cultural anthropology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Law · Philosophy