Проблемът за съотношението между етнография и етнология
The problem about the ratio between ethnology and ethnography

Summary/Abstract: The paper reviews some etymologic and paradigmatic issues in defining the field of the ethnological knowledge in Bulgaria till the mid of the 20th century. There are competing defi - nitions of “ethnology” and “ethnography” and the paper attempts at following the polysemy of their ways of use. Based upon the differences in the contents of the terms “ethnology” and “ethnography” as comprehended by different scientists, a conclusion could be drawn regarding the relativity in the object delimitations of ethnological knowledge. The relativity seems to be displayed by several approaches, fruitfully competing with each other. The following approaches are clearly outlined: anthropological, ethno-genetic, cultural-historical and philological.

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