Konfiguracje. Ralph Linton i wybrane zagadnienia z historii antropologii amerykańskiej pierwszej połowy XX wieku
Configurations. Ralph Linton and selected issues from the history of American anthropology in the first half of the 20th century

Author(s): Adam Pisarek
Subject(s): Cultural Essay
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Ralph Linton; Franz Boas; Abram Kardiner; American anthropology; history of anthropology; school of culture and personality; psycho-culturalism; configurationism
Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to present Ralph Linton’s scientific biography against the background of the processes that constituted the 20th-century American cultural anthropology. Linton’s archaeological and ethnological career is one of the variants of a model that is generally accepted and appreciated within these disciplines. Focusing on the biography of the culture researcher who was widely influential in the middle of the last century; the author tries to show both the unique character of his decisions and projects; as well as the general theoretical; institutional and methodological framework legitimizing his activity.

• Details
• Contents