The ownership of culture

Reconciling Our Common and Separate Heritages

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6038265
AutoresJonathan Stone (0000-0002-8466-4562, Department of Anatomy University of Sydney NSW 2006, autor correspondente)
Ano1992
Volume27
Fascículo3
Páginas161-167
Data de publicação1992-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4453.1992.tb00300.x
OpenAlexW2021335985
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências 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