Cultura antropologică
Cultural Anthropology

Summary/Abstract: The present text is the written form of the lecture with the same title delivered on 21 November 2006 at the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu. The term “culture” is taken here for “the ability to master a well structured amount of knowledge, as well as the process of getting it”. Further on, “to have an anthropological culture means to have an adequate perception over the domain called ‘anthropology’”. This adequacy is analysed from both the theoretical and practical perspective. Theoretically, a few aspects of adequacy are identified, namely: the appropriation of the history of anthropology, an accurate covering of its up-to-date paradigms, the familiarisation with the leading figures of anthropology in the history of this discipline, and a real idea of its object, methods, and concepts. As to the practical perspective, the applications of anthropology in politics, social development, education, architecture, religious dialogue, and, recently, in diplomacy are presented.

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