Journal•ISSN: 0275-7206
History and Anthropology
Taylor & Francis
About: History and Anthropology is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Politics & Colonialism. It has an ISSN identifier of 0275-7206. Over the lifetime, 878 publications have been published receiving 10443 citations.
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TL;DR: This article argued that the standard Western concept of "history" is culturally particular and not necessarily the best tool for cross-cultural investigations and pointed out that the past, present and future are mutually implicated.
Abstract: This article seeks to clarify the concept of “historicity” and how it might guide ethnographic research. The argument is developed with particular reference to the eight studies of historicity in diverse societies ranging from the Pacific to North America contained in this special issue. The authors contend that the standard Western concept of “history” is culturally particular and not necessarily the best tool for cross‐cultural investigations. Western history is generally predicated on the principle of historicism: the idea that the “past” is separated from the present. People around the world, including Western historians, recognize, however, that the past, present and future are mutually implicated. The notion of “historicity” is intended to open out the temporal focus to a “past‐present‐future”. Studies of historicity address the diverse modes through which people form their presents in world societies.
214 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the Western hegemony in archaeological heritage management, and present a survey of the state-of-the-art techniques and practices. But they do not discuss how to apply them in practice.
Abstract: (1991). Western hegemony in archaeological heritage management. History and Anthropology: Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 269-276.
198 citations
TL;DR: The concept of cosmopolitanism in Mediterranean port cities has been discussed in this article, with the case of Izmir as an exemplar and compares it to the cities of Alexandria and Trieste.
Abstract: This article considers two intimately related claims about Mediterranean port cities. First, that their citizens felt more affinity with each other than they did with the inhabitants of non‐port cities. And second that they were the scenes of liberal cosmopolitanism during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It discusses the concept of “cosmopolitanism”, and briefly reviews the case of Izmir as an exemplar and compares it to the cities of Alexandria and Trieste. The article argues for a more careful and differential use of the notion of “cosmopolitanism”, and suggests questions for further anthropological and historical research.
126 citations
TL;DR: The hope boom in anthropological studies as mentioned in this paper suggests that it reflects two converging developments: a sense of increasing unpredictability and crisis, and a lack of political and ideological direction in this situation.
Abstract: This introduction discusses the hope boom in anthropological studies, suggesting that it reflects two converging developments: a sense of increasing unpredictability and crisis, and a sense of lack of political and ideological direction in this situation. We further identify two overall trends in the anthropological literature gathered under the rubric of hope: an emphasis on hopefulness against all odds and one on specific formations of hope and temporal reasoning.
126 citations