THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN WESTERN AND YUGOSLAV ANTHROPOLOGY

Abstract

The paper deals with the notion and the role of history in the Western and Yugoslav anthropology. The stress is put on the anthropology of the eighties. With the recognition of the diversification in the field and the eclipse of the crude scientific positivism the idea of history recaptured ifs significance once again. In accordance to the general world-view and the predominance of politics in contem- porary life the content of the notion of history has been changed. These tendencies are tightly linked with the broad discussions and necessity to redefine the standard subject-matter of this specific discipline. Although the past processes were somewhat different, new developments in Yugoslav anthropology show the shared concern for diverse aspects of everyday's life.