Knowledge and Behaviour

Ladislav Holy argues in this paper that by virtue of the self-defining character of human activities, anthropological interpretation could proceed only on the basis of understanding indigenous categories and analysing activities in terms of those categories; imposition of outsiders’ analytic categor...

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Main Author: Ladislav Holý
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: Karolinum Press 2014-06-01
Series:Historicka Sociologie
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Online Access:http://historicalsociology.cz/cele-texty/1-2014/ladislavholy.pdf/
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description Ladislav Holy argues in this paper that by virtue of the self-defining character of human activities, anthropological interpretation could proceed only on the basis of understanding indigenous categories and analysing activities in terms of those categories; imposition of outsiders’ analytic categories onto local concerns would only lead to confused analyses and the distorted representation of local systems of knowledge.
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Knowledge and Behaviour
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knowledge
behaviour
social anthropology
norms
social reality
title Knowledge and Behaviour
title_full Knowledge and Behaviour
title_fullStr Knowledge and Behaviour
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and Behaviour
title_short Knowledge and Behaviour
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topic knowledge
behaviour
social anthropology
norms
social reality
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