Caplan, Pat. 1999. Anthropology, History and Personal Narratives: Reflections on Writing ‘African Voices, African Lives. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 9, pp. 283-290. ISSN 0080-4401 [Article]

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Almost half a century ago, the famous British anthropologist Evans-Pritchard suggested that anthropology is actually a form of historiography, thus initiating a debate about the relationship between the two disciplines which has continued sporadically ever since. His statement was a reaction to the claims of Radcliffe-Brown, a founding ‘father’ of British social anthropology, that social anthropology was a kind of science, whereas Evans-Pritchard sought to claim it for the humanities.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.2307/3679405
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Anthropology
Dates:	Date Event 1999 Published
Item ID:	18024
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2016 13:10
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2017 10:59
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/18024

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