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Doing Anthropology in Wartime and War Zones: World War I and the Cultural Sciences in Europe
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Abstract World War I marks a well-known turning point in anthropology, and this volume is the first to examine the variety of forms it took in Europe. Distinct national traditions emerged and institutes were founded, partly due to collaborations with the military. Researchers in the cultural sciences used wa... view more
World War I marks a well-known turning point in anthropology, and this volume is the first to examine the variety of forms it took in Europe. Distinct national traditions emerged and institutes were founded, partly due to collaborations with the military. Researchers in the cultural sciences used war zones to gain access to "informants": prisoner-of-war and refugee camps, occupied territories, even the front lines. Anthropologists tailored their inquiries to aid the war effort, contributed to interpretations of the war as a "struggle" between "races", and assessed the "warlike" nature of the Balkan region, whose crises were key to the outbreak of the Great War.... view less
Keywords
war; First World War; anthropology; Europe; cultural history; twentieth century; cultural studies; history of science
Classification
History
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
European History
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
392 p.
Series
Histoire, 12
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839414224
ISBN
978-3-8394-1422-4
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0