Against the Anthropological GrainTransaction Publishers, 1998 - 211 páginas "Readers can benefit from exposure to a cross-grained critic, especially one who write well and accessibly as Washburn does." -- "Choice" Washburn critically examines key anthropological beliefs, especially the importance of cultural relativism and Western colonialism's harmful effects on Third World cultures. He turns the tables on theorists from the discipline. The questions raised force us to rethink our entrenched assumptions about the human condition, national identity and the future of anthropology. |
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... tion went on record condemning Western civilization as responsible for most of the ills of the non - Western world . It was not enough for the AAA to emphasize the cultural differences between the West and the non - West . Although ...
... tion went on record condemning Western civilization as responsible for most of the ills of the non - Western world . It was not enough for the AAA to emphasize the cultural differences between the West and the non - West . Although ...
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... tion of Hopi history pulled me to the National Archives to check the actual records of the vote . I discovered that Clemmer and Jorgensen had naively and incorrectly analyzed the voting data . Here was a clear example of the effects of ...
... tion of Hopi history pulled me to the National Archives to check the actual records of the vote . I discovered that Clemmer and Jorgensen had naively and incorrectly analyzed the voting data . Here was a clear example of the effects of ...
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... tion or discarding " ( Ruby 1996 : 398 ) . Opposition to U.S. Government Policy With the onset of the Vietnam War , anthropologists , in their annual meetings , came increasingly to offer advice to the U.S. Government on how it should ...
... tion or discarding " ( Ruby 1996 : 398 ) . Opposition to U.S. Government Policy With the onset of the Vietnam War , anthropologists , in their annual meetings , came increasingly to offer advice to the U.S. Government on how it should ...
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... tion with Communist or Socialist societies on the part of anthropolo- gists , historians , political scientists , and literary scholars , as measured by the titles of papers offered at professional meetings ( Washburn 1991 ) . Few ...
... tion with Communist or Socialist societies on the part of anthropolo- gists , historians , political scientists , and literary scholars , as measured by the titles of papers offered at professional meetings ( Washburn 1991 ) . Few ...
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... tion of the several problems that I have discussed in the following essays may lead to a more informed discussion of the future of anthro- pology both within the university world and the museum world . References Eggan , Fred . 1968 ...
... tion of the several problems that I have discussed in the following essays may lead to a more informed discussion of the future of anthro- pology both within the university world and the museum world . References Eggan , Fred . 1968 ...
Contenido
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What Are Anthropological Ethics? | 45 |
Should Anthropologists Involve Themselves in the Politics of Individual Tribes? | 63 |
Should Anthropologists Involve Themselves in Intertribal Conflicts? | 81 |
Should Anthropologists Try to Influence Public Policy? | 93 |
Do Ideology and Archaeology Mix? | 109 |
Should Museums Collect Information or Objects? | 113 |
Should Museums Return Sacred Objects from Their Collections? | 133 |
Is There a Museum Science? | 141 |
Is There a Museum Profession? | 149 |
How Have Museums Changed in the Past Twenty Years? | 167 |
Is Anthropology Continuing to Ignore the Rights of the Individual Within the Group? | 175 |
Does Anthropology Have a Future? | 187 |
Sources of Original Essays | 203 |
Index | 205 |
Do Museums Provide Adequate Care of their Anthropological Collections? The Frobisher Relics | 123 |
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Página 103 - It is scientifically incorrect to say that we have inherited a tendency to make war from our animal ancestors; (2) It is scientifically incorrect to say that war or any other violent behavior is genetically programmed into our human nature...
Página 37 - Even where political systems exist that deny citizens the right of participation in their government, or seek to conquer weaker peoples, underlying cultural values may be called on to bring the peoples of such states to a realization of the consequences of the acts of their governments.
Página 47 - From the very beginning therefore we have defined action anthropology as an activity in which an anthropologist has two coordinate goals, to neither one of which he will delegate an inferior position. He wants to help a group of people to solve a problem, and he wants to learn something in the process.
Página 103 - It is scientifically incorrect to say that in the course of human evolution there has been a selection for aggressive behavior more than for other kinds of behavior.
Página 152 - Museums, a museum is defined as an organized and permanent non-profit institution, essentially educational or aesthetic in purpose, with professional staff, which owns and utilizes tangible objects, cares for them, and exhibits them to the public on some regular schedule.
Página 98 - These methods of warfare deeply offend human nature. We ask that all governments put an end to their use at once and proceed as rapidly as possible to a peaceful settlement of the war in Vietnam.
Página 5 - The anthropologist must relinquish his comfortable position in the long chair on the verandah of the missionary compound, Government station, or planter's bungalow, where, armed with pencil and notebook and at times with a whisky and soda, he has been accustomed to collect statements from informants, write down stories, and fill out sheets of paper with savage texts. He must go out into the villages, and see the natives at work in gardens, on the beach, in the jungle...
Página 29 - Let this be very clear: When the Indians organize it will be first under Federal laws enacted by Congress to enable them to organize, under Federal laws. Second, the organized bodies of Indians? will become agencies of the Federal Government. Instrumentalities, or, if you like, branches of the Federal Government.
Página 86 - Yuma and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon: Provided, however.
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