
Honour and Shame: A sketch of an alternative history of Serbian ethnology
Author(s) -
Jana Baćević
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
etnoantropološki problemi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-8801
pISSN - 0353-1589
DOI - 10.21301/eap.v1i1.6
Subject(s) - honour , theology , philosophy , physics , combinatorics , art , humanities , history , mathematics , archaeology
This text draws a parallel between a "guilt complex" in postcolonial and postmodern anthropology, and certain similar tendencies in analyses of the history of Serbian ethnology. Since ethnology and anthropology in Serbia have developed in different circumstances and have exerted a decidedly lesser influence on general policy than American or British anthropology, I claim there is no objective reason for Serbian ethnologists to continue utilizing the element of "guilt" in their texts. Finally, I consider whether release from this narrative could bring positive consequences to the image and status of ethnology and anthropology in Serbia.