History and Anthropology

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1、ThePastandPresentSocietyHistoryandAnthropologyAuthor(s):KeithThomasSource:Past&Present,No.24(Apr.,1963),pp.3-24Publishedby:OxfordUniversityPressonbehalfofThePastandPresentSocietyStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/649839Accessed:27-02-201517:06UTCYouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracc

2、eptanceoftheTerms&ConditionsofUse,availableathttp://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jspJSTORisanot-for-profitservicethathelpsscholars,researchers,andstudentsdiscover,use,andbuilduponawiderangeofcontentinatrusteddigitalarchive.Weuseinformationtechnologyandtoolstoincreaseproduc

3、tivityandfacilitatenewformsofscholarship.FormoreinformationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org.OxfordUniversityPressandThePastandPresentSocietyarecollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoPast&Present.http://www.jstor.orgThiscontentdownloadedfrom163.1.255.60onFri,27F

4、eb201517:06:47UTCAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsHISTORYANDANTHROPOLOGY*THEREISNOTHINGNEWORECCENTRICABOUTTHESUGGESTIONTHAThistoriansmightprofitfromanacquaintancewithanthropology.ProfessorTawneysuggestedasmuchinhisInauguralLectureattheLondonSchoolofEconomicsthirtyyearsago'anditwasnot

5、oftenthattheadviceofthismostinfluentialhistorianwentunheeded.ThatitdidsointhiscasecanprobablybeattributedtothefirmlyempiricaltraditionofBritishhistoricalscholarship,whosereputationhaslongresteduponarigorouscommandoftheprimarysources,adistastefortheoryandspeculation,andaproperaversiontothe

6、superficialitywhichanoddingacquaintancewithotherdisciplinesfrequentlybringsinitstrain.Thesequalitiesinalltheirstrengthandweaknessarebestexemplifiedinthepresentstateofmedievalstudies-austere,disciplinedandprofoundlyhostiletooutsideinfluence.Tosomeextent,however,theanthropologistshavethemse

7、lvestoblameforthisseparation.BetweenthewarssocialanthropologyunderRadcliffe-Brownwasaveryambitiousaffairindeedandonewhoseaimswereavowedlyunhistorical.Thesubjectwasdefinedas"thestudyofthephenomenaofculturebythesameinductivemethodsthatareinuseinthenaturalsciences".Its