Eschatological debate on the future of anthropology. Concept of crisis of anthropology in proceedings “The End of Anthropology”

Authors

  • Suzana Ignjatović Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21301/EAP.v10i1.2

Keywords:

crisis of anthropology, interdisciplinarity, professionalization, relativism

Abstract

The paper deals with the current concept of “anthropology in crisis”, based on the collection ofpapers “The End of Anthropology”, dedicated to this particular issue. The positions presented in this book are used as a starting point for further discussion about the crisis discourse in anthropology. The paper critically examines the identified sources of crisis (interdisciplinarity, professionalization, etc) but also refers to other aspects of crisis that should be further discussed (relativism, applied anthropology, political aspects of anthropology).

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2015-03-19

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Ignjatović, Suzana. 2015. “Eschatological Debate on the Future of Anthropology. Concept of Crisis of Anthropology in Proceedings ‘The End of Anthropology’”. Etnoantropološki Problemi Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 10 (1):43-54. https://doi.org/10.21301/EAP.v10i1.2.

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015): Issues in Ethnology and Antropology

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