Socio-cultural anthropology today
Author(s) -
Aleksandar Bošković
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
sociologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.174
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2406-0712
pISSN - 0038-0318
DOI - 10.2298/soc0204329b
Subject(s) - functionalism (philosophy of mind) , structuralism (philosophy of science) , anthropology , sociology , structural functionalism , cultural anthropology , sociocultural anthropology , applied anthropology , ecological anthropology , epistemology , colonialism , social science , anthropology of art , philosophy , geography , history , archaeology , performance art , art history , contemporary art
The article presents a history of the development of theoretical perspectives within the social and cultural anthropology from the early 20th century. Beginning with functionalism and structural functionalism, the author traces the influences of structuralism, Marxism, interpretivism, gender, cultural and post-colonial studies, concluding with a set of five themes characteristic for the contemporary anthropological research
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