Cultural Anthropology in Romania
In: East European quarterly, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 319
ISSN: 0012-8449
In: East European quarterly, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 319
ISSN: 0012-8449
In: International social science bulletin, Band 4, S. 683-691
ISSN: 1014-5508
Area studies undertaken without sound knowledge of 'the entire body of established ways of the inhabitants of the area' must be looked upon with considerable reservation. Anthropology provides the area researcher with both concept and method. The concept of culture is involved as embodying 'a series of limits to sanctioned variation, rather than a single approved mode of thought and conduct.' Aspects of culture (economic, political, social, religious, aesthetic, etc.) represent responses to geographical and biopsychic needs of man. Such aspects represent cultural universals, unities which characterize all human groups. Through a knowledge of the culture learning process we may gain psychological insights important in the action programs of area studies. Such problems as acceptance of new forms of technology, political organization, etc., may be handled by an analysis of enculturative experience. The primary methodological contribution of cultural anthropoloty to area studies lies in the relativistic approach. Hence, cultural anthropology `because of the breadth of its conceptual system and the techniques of cross-cultural analysis has come to act as the integrating element in interdisciplinary area research and teaching. R. J. Murphy.
In: Human affairs: postdisciplinary humanities & social sciences quarterly, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 94-95
ISSN: 1210-3055
In: International social science journal: ISSJ, Band 116, Heft May 88
ISSN: 0020-8701
Considers the imperfections in the system of scholarship that is social and cultural anthropology, and how they might be addressed. Believes that socio-cultural anthropology depends for its very life upon interdisciplinarity. (SJO)
In: New political economy, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 81-88
ISSN: 1356-3467
In: International social science journal: ISSJ, Band 40, S. 193-202
ISSN: 0020-8701
Imperfections in the present system of sociocultural anthropology scholarship are addressed, & twenty-two immediate challenges facing the field are identified. Emphasis is on the need to reinforce interdisciplinary linkages, improve education & communication, integrate fundamental & applied knowledge, & unite the academic & professionalized traditions. Challenges arising from technical research considerations & from the evolution of the discipline itself amid increasing social pressures are discussed. 2 Photographs. K. Hyatt
In: Cultural studies - critical methodologies, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 333-341
ISSN: 1552-356X
The essay uses the theoretical-methodological strategy of notes and listing (following the practices of Susan Sontag and Umberto Eco, among others) to illuminate particular, unique historical and cultural-anthropological aspects of the Jerry Sandusky-Penn State scandal/tragedy. Special attention is devoted in the essay to critique of depictions of the Catholic Church, ancient Greece, the "unsayable," and social memory in regard to their links to the Penn State tragedy. Tribute is paid to those such as Murray Sperber, Michael Bérubé and Cary Nelson, whose scholarly activism foresaw and attempted 0to prevent such a scandal. Influenced by ideas about ritual forwarded by Seligman, Weller, Piett and Simon, ultimately the essay seeks to forward a distinctive understanding of the nature of sport that goes against common scholarly and popular beliefs.
In: New political economy, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 81-88
ISSN: 1469-9923
In: International social science journal: ISSJ, Band 40, Heft 1, S. 193, 203,
ISSN: 0020-8701
In: Symposium issue titled "Cultural Studies in Canada: Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives" 28 Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 188-205 (1991)
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In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 24-53
Apart from the fact that anthropology has long been considered the bastard of the social sciences and the stepchild of the humanities, it is quite appropriate that a syllabus in Middle Eastern anthropology should follow those on geography, political science, and history. I cannot think of a single cultural anthropologist of my acquaintance dealing with Middle Eastern materials who has not urged, if not insisted, that his students familiarize themselves with the geography of the area, its ancient, medieval, and modern history, its religions, and its languages. Since most cultural anthropologists do field work in ar least one culture area, and many do it in two, the latter requirement is usually met with some degree of proficiency by anthropologists themselves and their graduate students. However, despite the obvious relevance of such great religious traditions as Islam, Christianity, and Judaism to the study of particular communities and regions within the Middle East, the acquaintance of anthropologists (not to mention students) with historical and religious materials remains sadly deficient, if only because of the richness of the literature available.
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In: Praxis international: a philosophical journal, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 268-283
ISSN: 0260-8448
Every society can be understood in terms of tension between two realms: transcendence, embodied in art & philosophy, & the bestiarum, embodied in inhumane & destructive institutions. Barbarism is a condition in which transcendence is no longer successfully maintained. Liberal capitalism is not barbarism as transcendence remains actively present in society. Naziism & fascism, on the contrary, bring the bestiarum to the fore. The bestiarum of real socialism, or dictatorship over needs, is often identified with the GULAG system, but also includes brutal indifference, mob-like rudeness of personnel, an atheism without moral values, & a Jacobinism embodied in hostility to personal conscience & collective moral slandering of the enemy. Techniques that create this bestiarum include: mobilization of the infinity of time against the finiteness of individual life; abandonment of target groups to nature; & subordination of the body to the soul, as in confinement of dissidents in insane asylums. Real socialism is a neurotic social pattern, whereas Naziism was a hysterical one. This new barbarism appears unlikely to give rise to any new transcendence. W. H. Stoddard.
In: Social science quarterly, Band 60, Heft 3, S. 543-544
ISSN: 0038-4941