The History of Human Stupidity”

Vojtěch Frič and his Program of a Comparative Study of Religions

Bibliographic Data

ID15068650
AuthorsMarkéta Křížová (0000-0003-1914-3477, Charles University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume18
Issue1
Pages42-67
Publication date2018-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnologia Actualis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1339-7834 • E-ISSN: 1339-7877
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.2478/eas-2018-0009
OpenAlexW2912942668
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

The present article represents a partial outcome of a larger project that focuses on the history of the beginnings of anthropology as an organized science at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries, in the broader socio-political context of Central Europe. Attention is focused especially on the nationalist and social competitions that had an important impact upon intellectual developments, but in turn were influenced by the activities of scholars and their public activities. The case study of Vojtěch (Alberto) Frič, traveler and amateur anthropologist, who in the first two decades of the twentieth century presented to European scientific circles and the general public in the Czech Lands his magnanimous vision of the comparative study of religions, serves as a starting point for considerations concerning the general debates on the purpose, methods, and ethical dimensions of ethnology as these were resonating in Central European academia of the period under study

Amateur · Intellectual history · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Social anthropology · Social science · Sociology · Stupidity · Anthropology · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

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