Poza kulturę, poza antropologię?
Beyond culture, beyond anthropology?

Summary/Abstract: This text reminds us about the presence, lasting for several decades, in – cultural? – anthropology, of a trend which has recently once again become very vivid, i.e “culture concerns and cares,” which questions methodological status and research suitability of the concept of culture itself. I distinguish and illustrate, using examples, three planes or perspectives in the analysis of this trend: 1) the perspective of concern for logical precision and semantic clarity of the concept of culture and its definitions; 2) the perspective associated with the conceptualization of culture as a research subject, and concerns which refer to the concept of culture; 3) the perspective of concern for the concept of culture as a funding category supporting the whole field of research called cultural anthropology.

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