Studying Peoples in the People's Democracies Socialist Era Anthropology in South-East Europe |
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| Editor:
| Mihailescu, Vintila
Iliev, Ilia
Naumovic, Slobodan |
| Series title: | Halle Studies in the Anthropology of Eurasia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-8258-9911-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Publisher: | Lit Verlag
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $44.95 |
Book Description:
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Bulgaria and Serbia during socialism are outlined from many different points of view in this volume. Beyond local and personal trajectories the authors illuminate more general and comparative questions. Was there anything like a "socialist anthropology", common to all three countries? Did Soviet and/or Marxist influences, in the discipline and in society in general, penetrate so deeply as to form an unavoidable common denominator of anthropological practice? The answers turn out to be...
More DescriptionBulgaria and Serbia during socialism are outlined from many different points of view in this volume. Beyond local and personal trajectories the authors illuminate more general and comparative questions. Was there anything like a "socialist anthropology", common to all three countries? Did Soviet and/or Marxist influences, in the discipline and in society in general, penetrate so deeply as to form an unavoidable common denominator of anthropological practice? The answers turn out to be complex and subtle. While unifying ideological forces were very strong in the 1950s, diversity increased thereafter. Anthropology was entangled with national ideology in all three countries, but the evidence nonetheless calls for "polyphonic" interpretations.