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Anthropology
by guest contributor Nile A. Davies
By guest contributor Morgan L. Green Mid-twentieth-century anthropology was in crisis. Already influenced by World War II, anthropologists in the 1960s encountered a variety of dramatic changes. The scientific method and the pressure to be “objective” dominated as institutions like the National… Continue Reading →
By guest contributor Trish Ross For the full companion article, see this Winter’s edition of the Journal of the History of Ideas. “Human nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.” Thus David Hume simultaneously… Continue Reading →
by guest contributor Anna Toledano Autobiography is an art form that only few have mastered. The newly reopened permanent exhibition at the Musée de l’Homme (Museum of Mankind) in Paris does a remarkable job of writing the book on our… Continue Reading →
Interview conducted by contributing editor Brooke Palmieri The longer you stare at the words “public intellectual” the harder they are to decipher. They imply the application of thought to everyday life, they imply that the “intellectual” has something of value… Continue Reading →
