Origin and characteristics of American anthropology(PDF)
《长安大学学报（社科版）》[ISSN:1671-6248/CN:61-1391/C]
- Issue:
- 2016年02期
- Page:
- 149-155
- Research Field:
- 历史学
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Origin and characteristics of American anthropology
- Author(s):
- WANG Qin-mei; YIN Jian-dong
- 1. Institute of Anthropology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China; 2. School of Huamanities, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming 650500,Yunnan, China
- Keywords:
- American anthropology; archaeology; physique; ecology; “cultural research tradition”; “cultural particularism”
- PACS:
- C95
- DOI:
- -
- Abstract:
- In order to study the origin and characteristics of American anthropology, this paper explored four discipline frameworks：archaeology, physique, ecology, cultural anthropology proposed by Boas and his disciples. It is found that American anthropology is deeply influenced by German natural scientific empiricism and humanistic philosophy since its birth. Besides, it emphasizes the cultural spirit or ethos and pays attention to cultural history and culture interaction with the environment, which forms a unique American anthropology “cultural research tradition”; The debate about the “science and art” in the development of American anthropology brings about ethnographic narration crisis.
Last Update: 2016-07-13