An Anthropological No-Man's-Land
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2507195 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F H Ruxton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1930 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 1930-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1155120 |
| OpenAlex | W2145846462 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Opening ParagraphThe number of Africa published in January 1929 contains two articles which are of real help to the colonial administrator. The first article, by the Rev. Father Dubois, S.J., compares the supposedly opposite dogmas of assimilation and adaptation, or, in administrative language, of direct and indirect rule. Therein the author conclusively shows that these formulae are not dogmas, the one unorthodox and the other orthodox; that the education of a race cannot be accomplished by means of a formula, but that it is a matter of time, tact and love. In fact the methods of assimilation and adaptation are both required, as also the one in conjunction with the other
Adaptation (eye · Assimilation (phonology · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Epistemology · Linguistics · Paragraph · Political science · Sociology · Tact · African history and culture analysis · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2022 (35) |
| Highly cited | No |