DINKO TOMAŠIĆ I HRVATSKA ETNOLOGIJA l ANTROPOLOGIJA
DINKO TOMAŠIĆ AND CROATIAN ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: The author examines the importance of Tomašić's work within the context of Croatian ethnology. The reason he was so long neglected lies in insufficient knowledge of the whole of his work and in disagreement with his main themes (culture and personality) within scientific discourse as well as in a suspiciousness towards his methodology. Drawing on the work of Jozo Tomašević, who comparatively analyzed models of the patriarchai Dinaric culture of Jovan Cvijić and Tornašlć's attempts to dispute them, the author is not prepared to completely reject the model of popular culture and mentality offered by Tomašić. Unquestionable remains the fact that the latter was the first in Croatia to start cultural and anthropological exploration and socio-anthropological thought, while his knowledge of ethnographic and historical data as well as anthropological imagination have made his hypotheses permanently challenging.

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