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Antropologia zaangażowana (?)
Engage anthropology (?)

Author(s): Łukasz Sochacki
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: anthropology; social science; Ethnology

Summary/Abstract: Essay is an attempt to indicate that problems with the engage (involve, public) anthropology; is in fact a question about the usefulness of science in general. Author resume Raymond Firth’s and Robert Borofsky’s vision of engage anthropology. He adds main philosophical problems with usefulness category and mark valid historical moments when this category was been change. He pointed usefulness influence at the way’s of anthropology perceptions. At the end, he ask about polish reception and needs in this case.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 38
  • Page Range: 7-16
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish