Beschreibung:
Explores the nature of history and assesses the position of history within social anthropology. Using historical and ethnographic material, the contributors show how cultural concepts act as forces of historical causation.
Chapter 1 Introduction, Kirsten Hastrup; Chapter 2 History and the people without Europe, John Davis; Chapter 3 Making history in southern Italy, Thomas Hauschild; Chapter 4 The gods of the Gentiles are demons, João de Pina-Cabral; Chapter 5 Segmentation and politics in the European nation-state, Michael Herzfeld; Chapter 6 Dual histories, Anne Knudsen; Chapter 7 Uchronia and the two histories of Iceland, 1400-1800, Kirsten Hastrup; Chapter 8 Reflections on 'making history', Anton Blok;